Elwood Curtis’s college dream shatters alongside a two-lane Florida highway. Bearing the brunt of an innocent misstep, he’s sentenced to the netherworld of Nickel Academy, a brutal reformatory sunk deep in the Jim Crow South. He encounters another ward, the seen-it-all Turner. The two Black teens strike up an alliance: Turner dispensing fundamental tips for survival, Elwood, clinging to his optimistic worldview. Backdropped by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Elwood and Turner’s existence appear worlds away from Rev. Martin Luther King’s burnished oratory. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood strives to hold onto his humanity, awakening a new vision for Turner.
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Nickel Boys at Triskel Arts Centre 2 - 5 February. A black boy with a promising future is sent to a reform school where the black students are abused. He bonds with Turner, a hardened boy who shows him how to survive.
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Triskel Arts Centre is a vibrant cultural hub in the heart of Cork City. The main auditorium Triskel Christchurch is a multidisciplinary space housed in a neoclassical Georgian Church.
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