Skin (2009)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 47 mins | Drama, Biopic, Foreign, Adaptation | Now Playing

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Synopsis:

Sandra Laing entered the world a beautiful baby but no one, not the hospital staff, her mother, father or neighbors would admit the obvious. Abraham and Sannie Laing were white yet their daughter was dark. By a biological quirk, the pigment of an unknown black ancestor had lain dormant for generations and manifested in Sandra. If there was ever a wrong place and wrong time for this phenomenon, it was apartheid South Africa in 1955. In childhood she was reclassified as colored under apartheid laws and forcibly removed from her whites-only school, despite a legal challenge by her parents.She later eloped with a black man and became estranged from her parents, before seeking a reconciliation with her mother after the fall of apartheid.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/30/2009

Director	Credit
Anthony Fabian	Director
Cast	Credit
Sophie Okonedo	Sandra Laing
Sam Neill	Abraham Laing
Alice Krige	Sannie Laing
Tony Kgoroge	Petrus Zwane
Ella Ramangwane	Young Sandra
Faniswa Yisa	Nora Molefe
Hannes Brummer	Leon Laing
Production Credits	Credit
Simon Fawcett	Executive Producer
Margaret Matheson	Producer
Genevieve Hofmeyr	Producer
Robert Little	Executive Producer
Anthony Fabian	Producer
Laurence Paltiel	Executive Producer
Alasdair MacCuish	Executive Producer
Moses Silinda	Executive Producer
Hellen Kalenga	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Bard Entertainments, Ltd.	Production Company
Moonlighting Films	Production Company
Elysian Films Ltd	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Nordisk Film	Foreign Distribution Rights
Little Film Company	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Indies Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
UGC Ph	Foreign Distribution Rights
European Film Partners (EFP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
ICA Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Conquest Films	Foreign Distribution Rights
Front Row Pictures	Foreign Distribution Rights
Spentzos Films	Foreign Distribution Rights
Locations
Johannesburg, South Africa
Writer	Credit
Judith Stone	Source Material
Helena Kriel	Screenplay
Johann Potgieter	Screenplay
Jessie Keyt	Screenplay
Anthony Fabian	Screenplay
Helen Crawley	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Darryl Hammer	Art Director
Billy Keam	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Christa Shamberger	Casting
Christa Schamberger	Casting
Ana Feyder	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Jonathan Partridge	Director of Photography
Dewald Aukema	Director of Photography
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Aramid Entertainment	Co-Financier
Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa	Co-Financier
National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa	Co-Financier
LipSync Productions	Co-Financier
Little Film Company	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Helene Muddiman	Original Music
Production Management	Credit
Mary Soan	Assistant Director
Sound	Credit
Paul Cotterell	Sound
Peter Baldock	Supervising Sound Editor
Steve C Shaw	Sound
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Fotini Dimou	Costume Designer

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