NICKEL BOYS screening + Q&A w/ RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes

Event Details

Monday September 30, 2024 6:00 pm

AMC Lincoln Square 13
1998 Broadway, New York, NY 10023

RSVP

A story of the powerful friendship between two Black teenagers who become wards of a juvenile reformatory in Florida.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead and inspired by real-life events, NICKEL BOYS chronicles the powerful friendship between two Black teenagers who become wards of a juvenile reformatory in Florida. In breakout performances that cut to the bone, Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson play Elwood and Turner, whose close bond helps sustain their hope even as truths unfold around them at the Nickel Academy.

Screenplay By RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes

Based on the book “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead

Directed By RaMell Ross

Produced By Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, Joslyn Barnes

Starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Genres Drama

Rating Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving racism, some strong language including racial slurs, violent content and smoking.

Run time 2hrs 20 mins

Release date October 25, 2024

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Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. Please arrive at least 30 minutes early. Screenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. RSVPs do not guarantee seating, and no one will be admitted once the film has started.

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