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Horror of Wiregrass boys school brought to life in new movie
The story of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has haunted the Wiregrass and Florida panhandle for decades. A story that ...
The Real-Life School — And Horrors — Behind ‘Nickel Boys’
Dozier School for Boys, also known as the Dozier School, first opened in Marianna, Florida in January 1900. What was meant as ...
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Uncovering the Past: RaMell Ross on Nickel Boys
With his debut fiction film Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross finds a cinematic language to interrogate Black historical narratives that immerse audiences in that history.
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‘Nickel Boys’ — new film based on Dozier reform school — is a knockout
It’s called the Nickel Academy in the novel and the film, which is fiction, but based on the horrific abuses at the very real Dozier School for Boys, in the Florida panhandle, where boys were ...
There's no graphic violence in 'Nickel Boys.’ Director RaMell Ross says that's by design.
"Nickel Boys" lingers on the beauty and resilience of its characters rather than the cruelty inflicted upon them.
‘I’m trying to not be overly categorized’
The hug is so powerful, it’s as if each audience member can feel it. When a bereaved grandmother named Hattie encounters a ...