Prime Video has added one of this year's Oscars Best Picture nominees to its service.
Nickel Boys, directed by RaMell Ross, is in the running for the prestigious award alongside the likes of The Brutalist, Conclave, The Substance, and Emilia Pérez.
Shot from a first-person point of view, Nickel Boys tells the story of African American teenagers Elwood and Turner who are sent to an abusive reform school in Florida in the 1960s.
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The film was inspired by the real-life Dozier School for Boys which was closed in 2011 and, throughout the years, had gained a reputation for its abusive treatment of students.
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Following its premiere at Telluride Film Festival and a short theatrical run, Nickel Boys was named one of the top 10 films of 2024 by the American Film Institute.
It has garnered numerous award nominations, including a Golden Globes nod and two nominations at this year's Oscars for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.
The film currently sits at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, with the critics' consensus reading: "Director RaMell Ross' stylistically radical approach to adapting Colson Whitehead's searing novel will be jarring for some, but Nickel Boys' sense of immersion achieves the jaw-dropping effect of walking in another's shoes."
Nickel Boys is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Colson Whitehead, which Ross admitted added a level of extra pressure to the filmmaking process.
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"I think there was added pressure, but it was less about quality and what it would be and more that I knew this was an unprecedented opportunity and I did not want to fail to the extent that people would be less inclined to give others the opportunity," he told Shifter Magazine.
"It seemed like it could be a door-opening thing, because how many Black people do you know who have gotten carte blanche imagination space that I’ve gotten on a Pulitzer Prize-winning book?
"So if I didn’t do a bad job then maybe someone else would and that seems like the biggest honour."
Nickel Boys is available to stream now on Prime Video.
