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The Real-Life School — And Horrors — Behind ‘Nickel Boys’
Rolling StoneStory by CT Jones
scrn logline
Gritty new film 'Nickel Boys' exposes the harrowing true story behind a notorious Florida reform school's dark history of abuse and violence.
beat sheet
- The Dozier School for Boys, which the book and film are based on, was a real-life reform school in Florida that operated for over 100 years, with documented cases of horrific physical and sexual abuse of students.
- The school's infamy was further cemented by the discovery of a hidden 'White House' building on the campus grounds, where prisoners were allegedly tortured and murdered, making it a shocking real-life horror story behind the powerful film adaptation.
call sheet
RaMell Ross, Colson Whitehead, Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys, Nickel Boys