Skin

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Skin

2018

20m

Drama

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In a small supermarket in a blue-collar town, a black man smiles at a white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment forces racial tensions to the breaking point and sends two gangs into a ruthless war.

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Peter Debruge

Variety

A stunner from Israeli director Guy Nattiv, although it stacks the deck so outrageously against a bunch of racist white neo-Nazis that it's hard to take seriously at times.

Feb 23, 2019

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Alan Ng

Film Threat

Skin tells a solid story with an effective ending.

Rated: 7/10

Feb 19, 2019

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Lisa Jensen

Good Times Santa Cruz

Explores deeply ingrained racism and its consequences in a manner better suited to The Twilight Zone.

Feb 19, 2019

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Glenn Heath Jr.

San Diego CityBeat

Simplifies a ripped-from-the-headlines tragedy, but at least has a sense of it's own ridiculousness.

Feb 19, 2019

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Brett P

Wow this was intense. The entire cast gave pretty good performances and it enhances every scene. Very unique short film that keeps you locked in from start to finish.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/07/23

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Audience Member

a powerful, unsettling yet greatly acted short film, 10/10

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Audience Member

Very good. Strong powerful message.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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This is one of the most tone deaf pieces of garbage I've seen in recent memory. Actors were all pretty on point and it was actually filmed quite well but good God that "make up" looked ridiculous. The suspension of disbelief needed for this is other worldly. Everything down from taking a man's child on a kidnapping to somehow accomplishing that task all in one night. I think the goal was to show how parenting can affect youth, but it ended up coming off as "Hey, there's black people that are just as fucked as Nazis" Terrible plot, subtlety is nowhere to be seen, its cartoonish and relies on characters making stupid decisions the whole way to get through this "plot". Possibly the worst film to ever win an oscar. BUT. I did have an amazing laugh at this and would still recommend everyone see it. Watched it three times and laughed everytime. It's now posted on YouTube!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Synopsis

In a small supermarket in a blue-collar town, a black man smiles at a white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment forces racial tensions to the breaking point and sends two gangs into a ruthless war.

Director: Guy Nattiv
Producer: Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms, Guy Nattiv, Jaime Ray Newman
Screenwriter: Sharon Maymon, Guy Nattiv
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 7, 2019
Runtime: 20m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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