Skin

The award-winning drama Skin tells one of the most unusual and moving true stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa. Sandra Laing (Sophie Okonedo of Hotel Rwanda and The Secret Life of Bees) is a black child born in the 1950s to white Afrikaners (Sam Neill and Alice Krige) who are unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents are rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, who lovingly bring her up as their 'white' little girl. But at the age of ten, Sandra is driven out of white society. The film follows Sandra's thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world—and triumphs against all odds.

Director:

Anthony Fabian 

Cast:

Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige, Tony Kgoroge, Ella Ramangwane 

Reviews:

Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert

Washington Post, Michael O'Sullivan

Dallas Morning News, Cary Darling

Seattle Times, Ted Fry