SKIN
synopsis
In 1955, Sandra Laing was born to two white Afrikaner parents in rural South Africa. But thanks to a genetic throwback, her skin was dark and her hair tightly curled. The government's rigid apartheid system was faced with a serious dilemma. Should Sandra be classified as white or black? For Sandra and her family, the complications ran far deeper.
international title: | Skin |
original title: | Skin |
country: | United Kingdom, South Africa |
year: | 2008 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Anthony Fabian |
release date: | UK 24/07/2009, NL 17/09/2009, BE 11/11/2009 |
screenplay: | Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel |
cast: | Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Ella Ramangwane |
cinematography by: | Dewald Aukema, Jonathan Partridge |
film editing: | St. John O'Rorke |
art director: | Billy Keam |
music: | Helene Muddiman |
producer: | Anthony Fabian, Genevieve Hofmeyr |
production: | Bard Entertainments, Elysian Films Ltd, Moonlighting Films (ZA) |
distributor: | ICA Films Distribution, LOC Film Distribution (NL) |