Skin: an apartheid story no one would screen


	Skin: an apartheid story no one would screen

zizzy

8-25-2009 11:57 PM

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Skin starring Oscar nominated actress Sophie Okonedo (Hotel Rwanda, Aeon Flux [Sithandra], Oliver Twist), will be released in the US on Oct. 30.

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