Ghanaian actor Van Vicker stars in LisaRaye McCoy‘s directorial debut, ‘Skinned’, a movie about skin bleaching, colourism and the issues that arise. Van Vicker plays an African businessman who prefers light-skinned women, and unknowingly marries a black woman who has bleached her skin. She has no childhood pictures of herself and lies she has vitiligo, and also cannot bear children because of her secret.
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In the film "Skinned", directed by American actress Lisaraye Mccoy and set to premiere in 2015, Van Vicker takes on the role of a businessman who only has an interest in light-skinned women.
He marries a woman who deceives him to believe that she’s light skinned, but it turns out she’s been bleaching. She tries to hide her embarrassing secret by lying that she suffers from vitiligo, hiding her baby pictures, and even goes so far as to not wanting to give birth to ensure no one finds out.
He marries a woman who deceives him to believe that she’s light skinned, but it turns out she’s been bleaching. She tries to hide her embarrassing secret by lying that she suffers from vitiligo, hiding her baby pictures, and even goes so far as to not wanting to give birth to ensure no one finds out.
It's an interesting story, and one that should be told. It's a shame that this movie looks like it's cheaply done though... That trailer was also confusing, and that poster is awful.
