He was convicted and sentenced to death. Former inmate at Dozier School for Boys facing execution following 1994 murder ...

The film, as well as the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel it was based on, drew inspiration from the real-life Dozier School for ...

Nickel Boys” presents a history detached from the popular understanding of American society while serving as a powerful ...

A movie based on north Florida's shuttered Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys has received two Oscar nominations for the 2025 Academy Awards. The film, "Nickel Boys," is an adaptation of a Pulitzer ...

The film adapts Colson Whitehead's award-winning novel, a fictional portrayal of the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — "Nickel Boys" is one of the films that may win this year's Best Picture award on Sunday at Hollywood's biggest night, the Oscars. However, to St. Petersburg resident ...

The story, from the best-selling novel by Colson Whitehead, is based on the notorious Dozier School for Boys, also in Florida, which closed in 2011. By the end of 2012, 55 graves had been found on ...

RaMell Ross’s "Nickel Boys" is an Oscar-nominated film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, inspired by the real-life horrors of the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys.

Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Nickel Boys, is based on the harrowing true story of a hellish reform school, Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys in Florida, at which more than ...

"Nickel Boys" is based on the historic reform school in Florida, "The Dozier School for Boys", which was notorious for abusive treatment of students. It's the story of Elwood Curtis, a young ...