Skin (2008 film)

Skin
Theatrical poster
Directed byAnthony Fabian
Written by
  • Helen Crawley
  • Anthony Fabian
  • Jessie Keyt
  • Helena Kriel
Produced by
  • Anthony Fabian
  • Genevieve Hofmeyr
  • Margaret Matheson
Starring
CinematographyDewald Aukema
Jonathan Partridge
Edited bySt. John O'Rorke
Music byHelene Muddiman
Distributed byBBC Films (United Kingdom)
Release dates
  • 7 September 2008 (2008-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 24 July 2009 (2009-07-24) (United Kingdom)
Running time
107 minutes
Countries
  • South Africa
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Skin is a 2008 biographical drama film directed by Anthony Fabian. It is based on the book When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race by Judith Stone,[1] and the life of Sandra Laing, a South African woman born to white parents, who was classified as "Coloured" during the apartheid era, presumably due to a genetic case of atavism.[2]

Skin had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on 7 September 2008, and was released in the United Kingdom on 24 July 2009.[3][4]

  1. ^ Dargis, Manohla (29 October 2009). "White to Colored and Back Again in Apartheid's Maze". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Interview with Sandra Laing- Real Life Subject of Skin".
  3. ^ "Skin and Jesus and the Giant to screen at Toronto".
  4. ^ "Movie shows apartheid's cruelty and contradictions". Reuters. 12 September 2008.