Product Details

• Actors: Dana Brooks, David Crean, Michael Gencher, Ken Hori, Keram Malicki-Sánchez
• Directors: Midi Onodera
• Writers: Midi Onodera
• Producers: Midi Onodera, Mehernaz Lentin
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Water Bearer Films
• VHS Release Date: April 30, 1999
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 6305393796
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #437,328 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A bold challenging and visionary film with small problems, April 7, 2000

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Glen Solem (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Skin Deep [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In light of the recent Oscar win for Hillary Swank, this film becomes grander in its significance. Midi Onodera had the courage to not only talk about transexuality, homosexuality, fetishism and drag culture in her film but her casting choices were just as courageous. Her lead, Keram Malicki-Sanchez is not only playing a woman who feels she is a man trapped in a woman's body, but Keram actually IS, in reality a male actor. Although the film has the usual problems with pacing, lighting and storyline that many first time low-budget independents run into, this is a remarkably bold, powerful film, and, considering the time in which it was released, the cast and its creators should be acknowledged for undertaking such a daunting task.