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I just watched the #NickelBoys (2024), a #GoldenGlobe & #Oscar Nominee for #BestPicture this year, at my local #AMC today.
The movie is about 2 #BlackKids who were incarcerated in an abusive to #ReformSchool in the south where later many unmarked graves of children who were held & killed there were later found.
The Nickel Boys is shown in a narrow TV like screen (not in widescreen) & is shot from a close-up perspective of each of the boys (and later one of them as an adult) mixed in with a montage of scenes relating to #JimCrow & the #CivilRights movement which helped to advance the arc of story.
While I found the cinematic approach lacked continuity, it was an interesting & enjoyed the movie overall. I'd give it a 6 for entertainment value & a 7 for it's unique artistic approach.
It didn't win the Golden Globe for Best Picture & I don't think it'll win the Oscar either but I think that it deserved the nomination.
If you haven't seen it yet, watch it where/whenever you can.