
What Maisie Knew(2013)
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.


Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.

Sophie Okonedo
Sandra Laing

Alice Krige
Sannie Lang

Sam Neill
Abraham Laing
Terri Ann Eckstein
Elsie Laing (aged 19)
Bongani Masondo
Henry Laing (aged 20)

Dan Robbertse
Factory Foreman

Jeremy Crutchley
TV Reporter

Tony Kgoroge
Petrus Zwane
Ella Ramangwane
Young Sandra
Skin is a drama film released in 2009. Directed by Anthony Fabian, it stars Sophie Okonedo, Alice Krige, Sam Neill. Based on the true story of a black girl who was born to two white Afrikaner parents in South Africa during the apartheid era.
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