Written in the violent language of the inner city, Skin Deep charts one night with Romo, a mixed race boy, half English, half Pakistani, who lives in a run-down, all white neighbourhood. Passing as white, he has to confront his identity when his skinhead gang target a young Asian boy.
Format: 35 mm Fuji
Year of Production: 2001
Running Time: 13 mins
Director: Yousaf Ali Khan
Producer: Andy Porter
Executive Producer: Paul Morrison
Editor: Nick Fenton
Screenwriter: Yousaf Ali Khan
Director of Photography: David Katznelson
Sound: Matt Rogers
Music: Andy Cowton
Principal Cast: Darren Sheppard, Scarlet Leibenhals, Mary Sheen, John Hudson, George Russo, Sydney Golder, James Bannerman, Freddie White, James Duggan, Marc Zuber
Awards
2002 | 7th Kodak Short Film Showcase
* Winner
2002 | BAFTA
* nominated, Best Short Film 2002