Nickel Boys

Movie • 2024 • Drama  

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Producers of MGM and Plan B are teaming up with director RaMell Ross for a film depiction of Colson Whitehead’s 2019 novel, based on real-life events which have only recently come to light. The narrative bounces between the 2010s and the 1960s as an investigation takes place surrounding the now-defunct Dozier School for Boys in Florida. The academy’s walls hide a history of atrocities, including events that led to bodies being buried on the premises.

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People are taken to a room and beat for "misbehaving". We don't see the strikes but hear them crying out.
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One brief close up shot of ants
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Appear several times, there is a fantastical/hallucinatory nature to this
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There is a close up of a spider web, but it doesn't show any spiders. There is one quick shot of what looks like a for caught in it.
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Assault
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Bodily Harm
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone burned alive?
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references to lynching
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Is someone buried alive?
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Protagonist knocked out by punch
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Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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Does someone cheat?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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Are there razors?
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A scene of a group of boys being given only 2 or so minutes to shower. The scene shows only the shoulders and up, and is meant to demonstrate the dehumanization of carcel systems.
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Is someone eaten?
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Not a typical jail, but it acts like one.
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Loss
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A character wakes up in an infirmary ward after a beating.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have a meltdown?
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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Noxious
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The movie is shot in first-person pov, so most of the shots are a little shakey. Can be a bit nauseating for people that are sensitive to it.
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Is there screaming?
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Sporadic use of flickery archival footage, television static and timelapse photography throughout the film
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Paranoia
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The film was shot in a first-person point-of-view, so the actors talk directly to the camera, but they never break the fourth wall
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Pregnancy
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Is there childbirth?
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Prejudice
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Not a "black guy dies first" kind of situation, but the whole movie is about violence being inflicted on black people.
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Race
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Relationships
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Religious
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Are there demons or Hell?
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Sex
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Is there BDSM?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there bestiality?
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Are there fat suits?
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Is existentialism debated?
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Spoiler
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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Is there gun violence?
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