Nickel Boys (2024)

Falsely accused of a crime, young Elwood Curtis is sent to Nickel Academy, a brutal reform school in Florida. There, he meets Turner, with whom he strikes up a close friendship as they try to survive the horrors of the institution and the abuse of its authorities. Despite this, Elwood clings to his optimism and tries to inspire Turner with this way of seeing the world. The film, directed by RaMell Ross, is based on The Nickel Boys, a novel by Colson Whitehead published in 2019.