Shimmer
Shimmer
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Shimmer

DirectorJohn Hanson

Stories of a Detention Farm, From One Who Lived There.

7.8 / 10
1993
95 min
Drama

The solo actor in Shimmer tells the story by becoming each character in turn. The play takes place in 1956, in a harsh Midwestern juvenile detention center, where two boys befriend each other.

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