Skin 2019

7.0 / 10   374 vote(s)
R
Drama

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
Runtime 1h 50m
Directors Guy Nattiv, Arnaud Potier, Ben Kahn, Willy McGee, Kenny Lozyniak
Producers Bart Rosenblatt, Pierre Even, Marie-Claude Poulin, Al Corley, Guy Nattiv, Jonathan Dana, Oren Moverman, Nic Marshall, Randy Cancellieri, Lawrence Cancellieri, Daniel Negreanu, Gabriel Napora, Nick Gordon, Hardy Justice, Meriam Alrashid, Zachery Ty Bryan, Robert L. Hymers III, David Kang, Jaime Ray Newman, Dillon D. Jordan, Julia Lebedev, Shaohua Huang, Trevor Matthews, Tommee May, 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.

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