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| Directed by | Nate Parker |
| Written by | Nate Parker |
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| Cinematography | Kay Madsen |
| Edited by | Billy Weber |
| Music by | Henry Jackman |
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| Distributed by | Vertical Entertainment |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million[2] |
American Skin is a 2019 American drama film written and directed by Nate Parker. It stars Parker, Omari Hardwick, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Milauna Jackson and Beau Knapp, and follows a Marine veteran who works as a school janitor to give his son a private school education. After he and his son are racially profiled and his son fatally shot, his killer, a police officer is not charged. The father takes matters into his own hands.
The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Venice Film Festival on September 1, 2019, and was released in the United States on January 15, 2021, by Vertical Entertainment. It received generally negative reviews from critics.
- ^ "American Skin". Venice Film Festival. 7 August 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
- ^ "Nate Parker's 'American Skin' Producer: He "Deserves a Second Chance"". The Hollywood Reporter. August 22, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
Ammar says he and Burg split the budget on Parker's "under $5 million" film