Nickel Boys

Overview

In Jim Crow-era Florida, a young Black man's dreams of higher education are shattered when a bureaucratic error sends him to the Nickel Academy, a notorious reform school where brutality and corruption fester beneath a veneer of order. There, he forms a deep bond with another inmate, a friendship that becomes his lifeline against the crushing reality of the institution. As they navigate the daily horrors and secrets of Nickel, their shared humanity becomes a silent act of rebellion, forging a path towards survival and a desperate hope for escape from a system designed to break them.