2019 · drama · crime · romance
Skin
Directed by Guy Nattiv1h 50m2019
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.
Our read: Skin (2019) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · crime · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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Skip it tonight — Neo-Nazi violence and hate imagery will poison your mood tonight.
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