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AMERICAN SKIN

Feature Narrative Competition |
 
United States
 |
 English |
 89 min

About the film

Marine veteran Lincoln Jefferson works as a custodian in a prestigious California high school—a job he accepted to be able to enroll his 14-year old son KJ at the same school. One night, they are stopped by the police, and as things escalate, the unarmed boy is fatally shot. Hit by the tragedy, and despite his hopes of a fair system that will grant a trial, Lincoln soon discovers that the officer responsible for killing his son will go uncharged, soon to return to active duty. As anger and feelings of unfairness overwhelm him, Lincoln decides to take the matter into his own hands. The film was screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Director

Nate Parker

Born in 1979 in Norfolk, Virginia, Nate Parker is an American actor, director and producer. He played a number of roles in several films, earning numerous awards for acting, before he wrote, produced, directed and starred in The Birth of a Nation (2016). The film was screened at a number of film festivals, winning the Audience Award for Dramatic Film at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Breakthrough Director of the Year prize at CinemaCon, USA. His latest feature film American Skin (2019) was screened at the 76th Venice Film Festival.

Producer

Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Burg, Zak Tanjeloff, Nate Parker, Lukas Behnken

Production Company

Eagle Pictures, Mark Burg Media, Tiny Giant Entertainment, Sterling Light Productions

Screenplay

Nate Parker

Cinematography

Kay Madsen

Editing

Billy Weber, Matthew Feinman

Sound

David Gianmarco

Cast

Nate Parker, Omari Hardwick, Beau Knapp, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Miluana Jackson

Contacts

Producer

Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Burg, Zak Tanjeloff, Nate Parker, Lukas Behnken

Production Company

Eagle Pictures, Mark Burg Media, Tiny Giant Entertainment, Sterling Light Productions

Screenplay

Nate Parker

Cinematography

Kay Madsen

Editing

Billy Weber, Matthew Feinman

Sound

David Gianmarco

Cast

Nate Parker, Omari Hardwick, Beau Knapp, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Miluana Jackson

Contacts

More About Film

Producer

Tarak Ben Ammar, Mark Burg, Zak Tanjeloff, Nate Parker, Lukas Behnken

Production Company

Eagle Pictures, Mark Burg Media, Tiny Giant Entertainment, Sterling Light Productions

Screenplay

Nate Parker

Cinematography

Kay Madsen

Editing

Billy Weber, Matthew Feinman

Sound

David Gianmarco

Cast

Nate Parker, Omari Hardwick, Beau Knapp, Theo Rossi, Shane Paul McGhie, Miluana Jackson