If Anthony Fabian's gripping and extraordinary feature debut were fiction, nobody would believe it. But it really happened to Sandra Laing, a dark-skinned girl born to white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era. With the fragile support of her family and a "white" birth certificate, Sandra faces a strictly segregated racist society that sees her as black—expelling her from her all-white school and glaring at her when she ignores the "whites only" signs. A Supreme Court expert explains, to the gasps of spectators, that "polygenic inheritance," or "throwback," is plausible since most Afrikaners have black blood in them. But this still leaves her trapped between her increasingly conflicted and disturbed father (Sam Neill) and the official color barrier, as Sandra—in an intense, deeply moving performance by Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda; The Secret Life of Bees, MVFF 2008)—literally experiences the double consciousness of a tragically divided nation. —Frako Loden
Running time: 107 Country: UK;South Africa Category: World Cinema Directed by: Anthony Fabian Producers: Anthony Fabian, Margaret Matheson, Genevieve Hofmeyr Screenwriters: Helen Crawley, Jessie Keyt, Helena Kriel Cinematographers: Dewald Aukema, Jonathan Partridge Editor: St. John O'Rorke Cast: Sophie Okonedo, Sam Neill, Alice Krige
Ticket Code: SKIN18R
Print Source: Jour de Fete Films 7754 Fountain Ave
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Screening:
Sun. Oct 18th, 2009 @ 7:30 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
