filmmaker Nate Parker, who previously delivered the 2016 historical drama “The Birth of a Nation,” reprises his flawed strategy of wearing multiple hats as writer, director and star in “American Skin,” a topical faux documentary so astoundingly heavy-handed in addressing race issues it occasionally reads as unintended parody.
A year after his 14-year-old son Kajani died at the hands of police officer Mike Randall during a traffic stop, Iraq veteran Lincoln Jefferson agrees to be the subject of a student film exploring the case. Behind the project is young director Jordin King , a character who serves both as justification for the immediacy of the mockumentary format and as Lincoln’s conscience.
With legal justice unattained, Lincoln and his military buddies storm the station where Randall works to hold a mock trial at gunpoint. It’s not that every choice Parker makes up to that point is precisely nuanced, but when the story devolves into courtroom drama, the dreadful and self-important writing is laid bare.
The movie was great. It played out with many truths. Parodies make us question things without being rude and aggressive. That's a good thing for the subject matter of the film.
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Media stoking the divide.
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