Steve Pond RaMell Ross’ film will receive three separate awards at two different ceremonies, while “The Piano Lesson” will receive two "Nickel Boys" (Amazon MGM) “Nickel Boys,” director RaMell Ross’ dramatic adaptation of the Colson Whitehead novel about a brutal reform school for teenage boys in Florida, won three of the eight honorary awards announced by the African American Film Critics Association on Wednesday. In the 2025 Special Achievement Awards, the film was named recipient of the