SKIN (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Jamie Bell (Rocketman), Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring), Danielle Macdonald (Dumplin’), Mike Colter (Breakthrough), Mary Stuart Masterson (Radioland Murders), Daniel Henshall (Snowtown), Ari Barkan (Staten Island Summer), Justin Wilson (Gender Bender), Scott Thomas (Pretty Little Girls), Michael Villar (WS), Rob Figueroa (Take It Back), Russel Posner (Glass), Louisa Krause (Jane Wants A Boyfriend), Zoe Colletti (Annie), Kylie Rogers (Miracles from Heaven), Colbi Gannett (World of Death), Jaime Ray Newman (Full Blast)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Guy Nattiv (The Flood), director, writer, producer; Dillon D. Jordan (Swing State), Oren Moverman (Wildlife), Jaime Ray Newman (film debut), Celine Rattray (Filth) and Trudie Styler (Moon), producers; Dan Romer (Beasts of No Nation), composer; Arnaud Potier (Blind Valley), cinematographer; Lee Percy (Boys Don’t Cry) and Michael Taylor (Hateship Loveship), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Bryon Widner (Bell), a young man raised by white supremacists, conducts a destructive life of hate crimes with his fellow racists. However, when he meets single mother Julie (Macdonald), he begins to leave his old ways behind him for good…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Jamie Bell gives one of his fiercest and most heartbreaking performances yet, as real-life white supremacist Bryon Widner who successfully renounced his evil ways.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER 2019

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