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Skin

It's a strange strange world we live in, Master Jack...

Back in the 1950s, at the height of the apartheid era, two white Afrikaner parents gave birth to a coloured girl. Luckily science at the time was sufficiently advanced to be able to explain this, and prevent the mother landing in jail. The parents tried to raise the daughter as a white, which presented many problems with the law and community. Later, as a teen, she had trouble finding her identity, a situation which became much worse when she fell in love with a black man. Based on a true story, and winner of multiple awards.

106 minutes, Mature Accompaniment under 13 (Violence, Prejudice)
Biographical, Detective/Mystery, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits
Cast	Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Ella Ramangwane
Director	Anthony Fabian
Screenplay	Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel, Anthony Fabian
Music	Helene Muddiman
Cinematography	Dewald Aukema, Jonathan Partridge
Editing	St. John O'Rorke
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2008
Produced by	Elysian Films, Bard Entertainments, Moonlighting Films, Lipsync Productions, IDC, National Film and Video Foundation of SA
SA Distributor	UIP

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FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Some
Nudity	None
Sex	Mild
Violence	Some
Prejudice	Part of plot
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments	South African film based on the true story of Sandra Laing. Story and themes at times potentially disturbing.
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
International Media
Box Office (USA)Tim Cogshell	13
Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert	20
Metacritic.com16 critics	12
RottenTomatoes.com53 critics	14
RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer	17
Internet (IMDB)520 Netizens	13

Average .. 74%	14

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