Skin - DVD

Rwanda, April 1994 Kigali hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) was used to keeping his five-star facility operating smoothly through bargaining and savvy. He'd need all his skill as the Hutu-ruled nation was swept with a genocidal wave against the minority Tutsi-and the Hutu Rusesabagina attempted to make safe haven for his Tutsi wife (Sophie Okonedo), their kids, and over 1,200 Tutsi refugees. Sobering true-life opus co-stars Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Nolte. 122 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack English.

Despite being born to Afrikaner parents, Sandra faces prejudice from her community due to her dark skin and African features. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Sandra must overcome the racial intolerance of her society in this uplifting true story.

An instant cult classic when it premiered to sold out screenings at Cannes in 1990, The Reflecting Skin is a darkly humorous, nightmarish vision of the American dream. Growing up in the 1950s in small-town Idaho, 8-year-old Seth and his friends play a prank on the town recluse, a mysterious English widow named Dolphin Blue (Tony-winner Lindsay Duncan). After his father tells him stories of vampires, Seth becomes convinced Dolphin is a vampire, stealing the souls of his neighborhood friends one by one. When his older brother Cameron (3-time Oscar-nominee Viggo Mortensen in one of his first starring roles), returns home from military service in the Pacific and takes a liking to Dolphin, Seth feels it's up to him to save Cameron from his friends' fate. With stunning visuals recalling Edward Hopper paintings and it's surreal blend of horror and humor, The Reflecting Skin is a Inchstunningly beautiful... Gothic masterpieceInch (The Guardian)!Inch