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Synopsis
Elwood Curtis’ college dreams are shattered next to a two-lane Florida highway. He is forced to bear the burden of an innocent mistake and is banished to the underground world of Nickel Academy, a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South. He meets another inmate, a seasoned gymnast. The two black teenagers form an alliance: Turner offers basic survival advice, Elwood clings to his optimistic worldview. Against the backdrop of the burgeoning civil rights movement, Elwood and Turner’s lives seem miles away from the brilliant oratory of the Reverend Martin Luther King. Despite Nickel’s brutality, Elwood struggles to hold on to his humanity, awakening a new vision in Turner.