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.
(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.
But maybe thats the point.
Producers are Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Joslyn Barnes and David Levine.