It was extraordinary storytelling and filmmaking, if harrowing in its uncompromising depiction of slavery.

Whitehead followed that book up withTheNickel Boysin 2019, and likeUnderground Railroad, won a Pulitzer Prize for it.

It threw me out of the movie.

Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse look up at the sky in a still from Nickel Boys movie

(L-R) Brandon Wilson and Ethan Herisse in ‘Nickel Boys’Orion Pictures

I hope it doesnt prevent some audiences from getting the larger point that we should be talking about.

They immediately charge Elwood and send him to Nickel Academy, a fictional version of Dozier.

Its a mixed bag.

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But maybe thats the point.

Producers are Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joslyn Barnes and David Levine.