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    Skin

    Poster of the movie Skin
    2008     Drama    
    United Kingdom/South Africa
    1h 47min
    Original lang: English, Zulu
    PG-13
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    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.
    ·
    Guide for parents: Rated PG-13 in the USA.

    Ten year-old Sandra is distinctly African looking. Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra's mixed-race appearance, have lovingly brought her up as their 'white' little girl. Sandra is sent to a boarding school in the neighbouring town of Piet Retief, where her (white) brother Leon is also studying, but parents and teachers complain that she doesn't belong. She is examined by State officials, reclassified as 'Coloured', and expelled from the school. Sandra's parents are shocked, but Abraham fights through the courts to have the classification reversed. The story becomes an international scandal and media pressure forces the law to change, so that Sandra becomes officially 'White' again.

    Directed byAnthony Fabian
    Written byAnthony Fabian, Helen Crawley
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    Starring

    Sophie Okonedo
    Sam Neill
    Alice Krige
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    Video

    1:51

    Trailer

    15 years ago

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