By Ethan Alter
NEW YORK -- Some true-life tales are better suited to documentaries than fictionalized feature films. That's the case with "Skin," which chronicles the fascinating story of Sandra Laing, an apparent black woman born in '50s-era South Africa whose parents were, in fact, white Afrikaners.
With Sophie Okonedo's impassioned lead performance -- her best since her breakthrough Oscar-nominated role in "Hotel Rwanda" -- and strong supporting turns by Sam Neill and Alice Krige as her parents (Ella Ramangwane is also quite good as the young
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