Skin (2008)
- Directed by
- Anthony Fabian
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- PG-13
- Rating
- 6.4 of 10 from 50 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A South African woman with dark skin is born to white parents during apartheid. The government classifies her as Coloured, which tears apart her family and forces her to navigate a brutal system of racial laws.
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What happens
Skin is a 2008 biographical drama film directed by Anthony Fabian. It is based on the book When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone, and the life of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era, presumably due to a genetic case of atavism. Skin had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2008, and was released in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2009. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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