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Skin is a February 1st DVD release from Entertainment One. The movie tells an incredible true story about Sandra Laing’s (Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda, The Secret Life of Bees) extraordinary 30-year journey. It is a story about family, forgiveness and the human spirit as Laing struggles to move from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, she struggles to define her place in a changing world – and triumphs against all odds.
Skin Movie Synopsis
Sandra Laing (Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda, The Secret Life of Bees) was born a black child in the 1950s to white Afrikaners unaware of their black ancestry. Her parents,rural shopkeepers serving the local black community, lovingly raise her as their ‘white’ little girl. But at the age of ten, facing prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features, Sandra is driven out of society. The powerful, inspirational SKIN follows Sandra’s extraordinary 30-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. Based on an incredible true story of family, forgiveness and the celebration of the human spirit, SKIN – winner of more than ten film festival awards, including “Best Feature†– makes it DVD debut on February 1 following its 30 market national theatrical release.
As a girl, Sandra is sent to a boarding school in the nearby town of Piet Retief, but when 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 her father, Abraham (Neill), 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.
By the time she is 17, Sandra realizes she is never going to be accepted by the white community. She falls in love with Petrus — a black man, and begins an illicit love affair. When Sandra elopes with Petrus, Abraham has them arrested and put in prison. Told by the local magistrate to go home, she refuses, and now she must live her life, for the first time, as a black woman in South Africa — with no running water, no sanitation, and little income. Although she feels more at home in this community, she desperately misses her parents and yearns for a reunion, the chances of which seem ever more remote as each year of hardship and struggle wears on. But Sandra carries her father’s advice with her wherever she goes: “Never give up!†in this ultimately uplifting true story based on the best-selling book by Judith Stone.
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I loved her in Hotel Rwanda and The Secret Life of Bees. Sandra Laing is a wonderful actress and I’m sure she’s wonderful in this movie also.
I have heard wonderful things about this movie!!
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I was just looking at this DVD on Netflix and thought I should put it in my Queue….To own it would be even better
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This movie sounds good.
I would love to see this. I adore independent films, and find them much more satisfying than the over-hyped blockbusters. Plus, Okonedo is a powerful actress who need to see more in films. The title alone sounds intriguing as well.
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This film looks fascinating.
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Too bad the need to blend in is important in some places.
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This movie sounds so interesting. Thanks for the chance to win
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I would love to watch this! It seems like a very interesting movie!
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Sounds interesting
looks good
Sounds like a movie I would enjoy
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this is a great movie
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heard it was good, can’t wait to see it
It is a horrible situation which is playing itself out today. I would like to see this and know of the hardships that were faced
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Looks like a good movie, thanks for the chance!
Would love to see this, sounds like a good movie.
I have heard some awesome things about this movie! Thanks for the chance
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I enjoy the work of Sophie Okonedo!
I’ve heard wonderful things about this movie – Sophie is amazing.
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SKIN sounds like such an inspirational movie, can’t wait to see it!
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She’s a great actress…sounds like a good movie.
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love Skin would like to win it
i would love to watch this movie
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Sounds like a great movie. Thanks!
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This sounds like a good movie.
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Interesting plot.
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sounds like another good one!
This looks like an interesting movie.
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