Out there, in here, it’s the same. Just in here, nobody has to act fake anymore.
What did it mean, what does it mean, and what will it mean to be a Black American? These are the questions at the heart of Nickel Boys, a melancholic and poetic reflection on Black identity from the 1960s to the 21st century, wrapped in a formally unique and experimental form.
The far-reaching discrimination central to America’s system is so strongly embedded in personal…