Skin
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Anthony Fabian
Sophie Okonedo
Sam Neill
Alice Krige
Tony Kgoroge
Ella Ramangwane
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
Anthony Fabian
Crew
Dewald Aukema
Dewald Aukema
Peter Baldock
Paul Cotterell
Helen Crawley
Fotini Dimou
Anthony Fabian
Anthony Fabian
Simon Fawcett
Ana Feyder
Darryl Hammer
Genevieve Hofmeyr
Hellen Kalenga
Billy Keam
Jessie Keyt
Helena Kriel
Robbie Little
Alasdair Maccuish
Margaret Matheson
Helene Muddiman
St. John O'rorke
Laurence Paltiel
Jonathan Partridge
Jonathan Partridge
Johann Potgieter
Christa Schamberger
Christa Shamberger
Steve C Shaw
Moses Silinda
Mary Soan
Judith Stone
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 30, 2009
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2011
Released in United States 2008
Released in United States December 2008
Released in United States 2009
Released in United States January 2009
Released in United States September 2009
Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cultural Bridge) December 11-18, 2008.
Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Independent Features) January 22-February 1, 2009.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 21-June 14, 2009.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.
Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival September 23-27, 2009.
Based on the Sandra Laing biography "When She Was White: The True Story of a Family Divided by Race" by Judith Stone and published by Miramax April 4, 2007.
Feature directorial debut for Anthony Fabian.
Released in United States Fall October 30, 2009 (NY, CA, MA)
Released in United States on Video February 1, 2011
Released in United States 2008 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (World Cinema) October 30-November 9, 2008.)
Released in United States December 2008 (Shown at Dubai International Film Festival (Cultural Bridge) December 11-18, 2008.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Independent Features) January 22-February 1, 2009.)
Released in United States 2009 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) May 21-June 14, 2009.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.)
Released in United States September 2009 (Shown at Urbanworld Film Festival September 23-27, 2009.)
