MarketSkin (1995 film)
Company Profile

Skin (1995 film)

Skin is an 11-minute short film directed by Vincent O'Connell and starring Ewen Bremner and Marcia Rose. Produced by Tapson/Steel Films for British Screen and Channel 4 Films, it was filmed in September 1995. The screenplay was written in the summer of that year by British playwright Sarah Kane.

Plot
Billy, a young skinhead, joins in a racist attack on a Black wedding party in Brixton, London, but then finds himself drawn to Marcia, a Black woman whose flat is visible from his window. He visits Marcia and the couple have sex. From this point, the power dynamic between the two begins to reverse: in separate scenes, she slaps his face repeatedly as he is tied to the bed, feeds him dog food, and scrubs off his tattoos with bleach, including one of the Union Flag. Finally, Marcia carves her name on Billy's back. Despite his pleas, she rejects him, finding solace with Kath, her flatmate, while Billy unsuccessfully attempts to overdose on drugs and is saved by Neville, a black man living in the same apartment building as him. ==Cast==
Cast
Ewen Bremner as Billy • Marcia Rose as Marcia • Agnieszka Liggett as Kath • Yemi Ajibade as Neville • Dave Atkins as Mother • James Bannon as Terry • Dominic Brunt as Martin • Gregory Donaldson as Nick ==References==
tickerdossier.comtickerdossier.substack.com