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dark-skinned girl born to white South African parents attempts
to explore her identity in the era of apartheid as her
government, her parents, and society as a whole struggle with
what it means to be a black child of Caucasian descent in a
nation deeply divided by race. The year is 1955. Sandra Laing
(Sophie Okonedo) has just been born to a pair of white Afrikaner
parents, her brown skin and curly hair the surprising result of
genetic throwback. As the government's rigid apartheid system
struggles with whether to classify Sandra as white or black, the
young girl and her parents gradually realize that the
complications they face due to her appearance run deep and wide.
Sandra lives in a society where the color of your skin
determines the outcome of your life, and though she is
eventually granted admission to an all-white school, she suffers
endless torment from her intolerant classmates. Her father,
Abraham (Sam Neill), is having a particularly d