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08/02/2019 Drama 0h 20m
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Overview

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

  1. Guy Nattiv

    Director, Writer

  2. Sharon Maymon

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Danielle Macdonald

    Christa

  2. Jackson Robert Scott

    Troy

  3. Jonathan Tucker

    Jeffrey

  4. Ashley Thomas

    Jaydee

  5. Lonnie Chavis

    Bronnie

  6. Maliq Johnson

    Lonnie

  7. Johnse Allende Jr.

    Idris

  8. Zeus Campbell

    Malik

  9. Jared Day

    Adrian

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Reviews

A review by Notesoncinema
Written by Notesoncinema on 2025-08-04
**Between Violence and Fantasy: The Brutal Allegory of Skin**

Some films make you look away. Skin (2018), Guy Nattiv's Oscar-winning short, makes you keep watching even when you want to-need to-turn your head. It presents a world so charged, so extreme, so grotesquely cruel that it might feel fictional. And yet, deep down, you know it's real. That's what makes it so terrifying.

At just 20 minutes, Skin compresses an entire cycle of hate into a tightly wound parable. It begins with a disturbingly ordinary scene: a white, working-class family laughing in a grocery store parking lot. Their ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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