Absurdity of South Africa's apartheid and questioning of race
Skin is based upon the true story of Sandra Laing. She was born in South Africa to white parents but looked black. Under the racist Apartheid system she was considered African and discriminated against. The theme is about the absurdity of Apartheid that ruled South Africa for decades.<br /><br />The conflict is apparent from the start. She’s sent to school, discriminated against and eventually kicked out by the administration. Then she gets classified as colored by the government. There’s even an insane set of tests they do to prove their point. For instance, they put a pencil in her hair and tell her to shake her head to see if it falls out. In such a racist country like South Africa there was no way that Sandra was ever going to be treated equally.<br /><br />You also see the psychological toll this takes on Sandra. In one instance she’s so ashamed of her looks that she mixes a bunch of cleaning supplies and applies it to her skin to try to lighten it so she can pass for white. As in every racist system it not only separates people but causes self-hate as well.<br /><br />This obviously causes conflict with the parents. There’s the added twist that the father Abraham (Sam Neill) is racist against blacks as well such as when customers come to his shop he won’t allow them to put money in his hand because he doesn’t want to touch them and instead demands that they drop the money on the counter.<br /><br />In court it’s brought up that most white Afrikaaners had black relatives sometime in the past. That accounted for Sandra. The African genes in the family came out after years. More importantly it questioned Apartheid that was based upon whiteness. What did it mean to have such a drastic racist system if most whites were actually mixed? That was the point of the movie to question not only Apartheid but race as well.<br />C
The movie title "Skin," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 165 reviewers. 
It features elements such as IMDb 6.9, 1 h 46 min, 2008, X-Ray and PG-13, and it is priced at $12.99.

This title falls under the categories of Drama, Cerebral, Inspiring and Touching. 
The additional details include the following in key-value format :
 {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Anthony Fabian"], "Producers": ["Anthony Fabian", "Genevieve Hofmeyr", "Margaret Matheson"], "Starring": ["Sophie Okonedo", "Sam Neill", "Alice Krige"]}

Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Based on a true story, SKIN follows Sandra Laing, a distinctly mixed-race South African woman born to white parents during the apartheid era..