It’s a motion picture that hits close to home. A story about two African American boys who were sent to an abusive reform school in Florida during the Jim Crow era.

Based on a true story, the drama follows two young Black men who befriend one another inside a segregated reform school.

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The director RaMell Ross narrates a sequence from his film, which is shot from the point of view of its characters. The movie is nominated for best picture.