Nickel Boys

With RaMell Ross in person 

Dir. RaMell Ross.  2024, 140 mins. U.S. DCP. With Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about the entrenched evils of American racism, charting the friendship between a pair of teenagers at a boys’ reformatory in Florida in the 1960s, becomes an extraordinary experiment in cinematic perspective through the eyes of RaMell Ross. The Oscar-nominated director of the singular documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening radically privileges us to take on the boys’ point of view as they connect with one another and maintain hope amidst the surrounding horror. Featuring breakthrough performances by Herisse and Wilson, and a marvelous supporting turn from Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys is a visually astonishing film that takes an uncompromising look at America’s past with cleansing, clear eyes. 

Sold out. Limited tickets may become available on standby at the door. Tickets: $17.50 / $12 senior and students / $10 youth (ages 3–17) / discounted for MoMI members ($7–$11). There is a $1.50 transaction fee per ticket for all online purchases. The cost of admission may be applied toward a same-day purchase of a membership. 

Please pick up tickets at the Museum’s admissions desk upon arrival. All seating is general admission.