American Skin (2019)
- Directed by
- Nate Parker
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 103 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 Marine veteran working as a janitor sends his son to a private school. After a police officer shoots and kills his son and is not charged, the father decides to take action himself.
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What happens
American Skin is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Nate Parker. It stars Parker, Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Milauna Jackson, and Beau Knapp, and follows a Marine veteran who works as a school janitor to give his son a private school education. After he and his son are racially profiled and his son fatally shot, his killer, a police officer is not charged. The father takes matters into his own hands. The film had its world premiere at the 76th Venice International Film Festival on September 1, 2019, and was released in the United States on January 15, 2021, by Vertical Entertainment. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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