Jamie Bell
Bryon Widner
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Release Date | 2019-07-26 |
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Runtime | 1h 50m |
Directors | Guy Nattiv, Arnaud Potier, Ben Kahn, Willy McGee, Kenny Lozyniak |
Producers | Al Corley, Jonathan Dana, Pierre Even, Oren Moverman, Guy Nattiv, Marie-Claude Poulin, Bart Rosenblatt, Meriam Alrashid, Zachery Ty Bryan, Lawrence Cancellieri, Randy Cancellieri, Nick Gordon, Shaohua Huang, Robert L. Hymers III, Dillon D. Jordan, Hardy Justice, David Kang, Julia Lebedev, Nic Marshall, Trevor Matthews, Tommee May, Gabriel Napora, Daniel Negreanu, Jaime Ray Newman, Ged Dickersin, Rick Gerson, Henri Fink, Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Stephen Mao, Sheila Gray, Hardy Justice, Lu Jia |
Writer | Guy Nattiv |
Overall, the film does leave it up to audience to decide how they feel about the whole story, although it definitely wants you to sympathise with Bryon and the change he goes through. ‘Skin’ is a film worth checking out to start a conversation about these issues and whether a racist can really be changed. - Chris dos Santos
Read Chris' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-skin-inside-the-mind-of-white-supremacists
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— SWITCH.
First and foremost, this is an extremely hard movie to watch. I find that Jamie Bell and Guy Nattiv have managed to truly capture 1) the psychology of an abusive, dictatorial gang leader, 2) the psychology of his followers, 3) the psychology of an abused, trapped victim who's grown to learn he wants out, and finally 4) the absolutely incredible amount of patience and love that it takes to guide someone from the situation of the the first 3 points. Maybe not entertaining, but the story's damned accurate.
— badelf