School Programs
Skin
M
Anthony Fabian,
107 mins,
UK & South Africa,
2008.
Documenting one family's experience of apartheid, Skin explores the destructive impact of the policy on South African society as a whole.
Based on the experience of Sandra Laing, the film tells the story of a child born to white parents but classified as coloured on the basis of her skin colour. Skin highlights the capacity of racism and discrimination to strike at the heart of family, community and individual identity.
Focusing on issues of belonging and identity, the lecture explores the complex relationship between the individual, the family, the community and the nation.
This program can also be requested as an ESL session.
Teacher Development
This session explores issue of identity and belonging as they are developed and represented in Anthony Fabian's film about the destructive impact of apartheid. The program foregrounds the requirements of VCE English Area of Study 2. Teachers are to visit the William Kentridge Exhibition at the conclusion of the seminar.
Levels: Year 12 (VCE) | Teacher Development
Study Areas: VCE English, Units 3 and 4, Area of Study 2 (Belonging and Identity)
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