In the 1960s, African-American Elwood Curtis is sent to the Nickel Academy after he is falsely accused of a crime. While there, he meets a boy named Turner, and the two form a close friendship as they try to survive the horrors of the school and its corrupt administrators. Decades later, an investigation takes place after the academy's walls are found to have hidden a history of atrocities, including events that led to bodies being buried on the premises.
Directing | RaMell Ross | Director |
Writing | Colson Whitehead | Novel |
Writing | RaMell Ross | Screenplay |
Production | Joslyn Barnes | Producer |
Writing | Joslyn Barnes | Screenplay |
Production | Colson Whitehead | Executive Producer |
Camera | Jomo Fray | Director of Photography |
Production | Dede Gardner | Producer |
Production | Jeremy Kleiner | Producer |
Production | David Levine | Producer |
Art | Nora Mendis | Production Design |
Art | Elizabeth Herberg | Art Direction |
Art | Monique Champagne | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Brittany Loar | Costume Design |
Editing | Nicholas Monsour | Editor |