| Director of Skin, the movie opens public debate at screening |
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| Written by Administrator |
| Thursday, 21 January 2010 07:45 |
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On Saturday January 23 Skin, the movie director Anthony Fabian will hold a special question and answer session after the 7:30 show at Cavendish Cinema Nouveau. Fabian will be joined by Dr Wilmot James of the Africa Genome Education Institute and Tracey Petersen of the Cape Town Holocaust Centre and the open conversation will cover discrimination, “race” and the genetics of skin colour. SKIN is one of the most moving stories to emerge from apartheid South Africa: Sandra Laing (Sophie Okenodo) was born in the 1950s to loving parents. (Sam Neill and Alice Krige) Sandra’s parents had been classified “white”. However, Sandra was born with skin much darker than theirs. At the age of ten Sandra is driven out of her “white” school because she was considered to be too “black”. The film follows Sandra’s thirty-year journey from rejection to acceptance, betrayal to reconciliation, as she struggles to define her place in a changing world - and triumphs against all odds. The movie launched in the US late last year to rave reviews and has previously only been shown at local film festivals. The DVD, released in the UK last year, reached best seller status within a few days. Now on the national circuit this is a must see movie that has also seen critical acclaim from local reviewers including Barry Ronge. Time: 7:30 pm |