Posted: Wed 21 Oct 2009 17:05 Post subject: SKIN- Based on the extraordinary true story
Was not sure if this was ever posted??
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SKIN-synopsis
Ten year-old Sandra is distinctly African looking. Her parents, Abraham and Sannie, are white Afrikaners, unaware of their black ancestry. They are shopkeepers in a remote area of the Eastern Transvaal and, despite Sandra’s mixed-race appearance, have lovingly brought her up as their ‘white’ little girl.
Sandra is sent to a boarding school in the neighbouring town of Piet Retief, where her (white) brother Leon is also studying, but parents and teachers complain that she doesn’t belong. She is examined by State officials, reclassified as ‘Coloured’, and expelled from the school. Sandra’s parents are shocked, but Abraham fights through the courts to have the classification reversed. The story becomes an international scandal and media pressure forces the law to change, so that Sandra becomes officially ‘White’ again.
By the time she is 17, Sandra realises she is never going to be accepted by the white community. She falls in love with Petrus — a black man, the local vegetable seller, and begins an illicit love affair. Abraham threatens to shoot Petrus and disown Sandra. Sannie is torn between her husband’s rage and her daughter’s predicament.
Sandra elopes with Petrus to Swaziland. Abraham alerts the police, has them arrested and put in prison. Sandra is told by the local magistrate to go home, but she refuses.
Now Sandra must live her life, for the first time, as a black woman in South Africa — with no running water, no sanitation, and little income. She and Petrus have two children, and although she feels more at home in this community, she desperately misses her parents and yearns for a reunion.
After many more years of hardship and struggle, the chances of that reunion ever happening seem remote. But Sandra carries her father's advice with her wherever she goes: 'Never give up!'
SKIN is a story of family, forgiveness and the triumph of the human spirit.
Posted: Wed 21 Oct 2009 17:19 Post subject: Re: SKIN- Based on the extraordinary true story
onlyhuman77 wrote:
Was not sure if this was ever posted?
LOL! The story of Sandra Laing has been referred to on this site in at least eight prior threads and described in detail more than once. Just search for her last name, the word "Laing". Still, it is always interesting to see the latest artistic expression of her plight.
Posted: Wed 21 Oct 2009 19:00 Post subject: Re: SKIN- Based on the extraordinary true story
fwsweet wrote:
onlyhuman77 wrote:
Was not sure if this was ever posted?
LOL! The story of Sandra Laing has been referred to on this site in at least eight prior threads and described in detail more than once. Just search for her last name, the word "Laing". Still, it is always interesting to see the latest artistic expression of her plight.
Thanks and my apologies, since I knew of the story's existance a couple years ago, but had no knowledge to the movie that was made as a result until today. It will be interesting to read what was said on the Sandra Laing thread tonight.
Posted: Wed 21 Oct 2009 19:30 Post subject: Re: SKIN- Based on the extraordinary true story
onlyhuman77 wrote:
Thanks and my apologies, since I knew of the story's existance a couple years ago, but had no knowledge to the movie that was made as a result until today. It will be interesting to read what was said on the Sandra Laing thread tonight.
No apology needed. It is interesting to know that they are making a movie about her. Anything we can find out about the movie will be appreciated.
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