Skin (2018)

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Skin is a American Drama movie who directed and written by Guy Nattiv. Based on the true story this movie tells about a far-right American skinhead called Bryon Widner and his attempts to leave a neo-Nazi white-power cult[1]. It starring

  • Jamie Bell as Bryon "Pitbull" Widner
  • Tyler Williamson as young Bryon Widner
  • Vera Farmiga as Shareen Krager
  • Danielle Macdonald as Julie Price
  • Mike Colter as Daryle Lamont Jenkins

Plot

Based on the 2012 MSNBC documentary, Bryon Widner was one of the FBI's most sought after white supremacists. Covered in racist tattoos from head to toe that he earned performing hate crimes, he conducts a destructive life and is headed down the path of no return. When he meets Julie and her three young daughters from previous relationships, the responsibilities of fatherhood give him the desire to leave the movement behind. He endures death threats and harassment from his old gang while attempting to turn his life around. With the help of the FBI and SPLC, he undergoes 25 brutal tattoo removal surgeries in exchange for decoding the tattoos covering his body, which culminates in the arrest and conviction of his former gang. [2]

Pro

Jamie Bell as Bryon Widner

The movie depicts how a young white suprematic decided to leave the hatred in his life and change his racist behavior that defined his life for so long. The one that makes he change is because of his girlfriend.Julie has changed her mind about her old racist behavior and thought patterns, and she gets Babs thinking about his own. [3] For his redemption he had two years of painful laser treatment to remove all the racist tattoos that covered his body, neck and face.[4]

"What Skin optimistically suggests is that if someone so deeply entrenched in hatred can turn his life around, maybe there is indeed hope for others."[5]

Reference

  1. Peter Bradshaw. Skin review – tattooed neo-Nazi turns his face from evil. September 27, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021
  2. Synopsi. Imdb. Retrieved January 20, 2021
  3. Stephanie Zacharek. A Racist Seeks Redemption in Skin. Time. JULY 25, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021
  4. Simran Hans. Skin review – Jamie Bell is magnetic as a reformed racist. Theguardian. September 29, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021
  5. Christy Lemire. Skin. Rogertebert. July 26, 2019. Retrieved January 20, 2021