Video of TRAILER: THE SKIN I’M IN
December 10th, 2011 Filed under: Alcoholic Recovery — Addiction Recovery AuthorHere’s a good video I came across – Hope you like it
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SUPPORT THIS PROJECT: ABOUT THIS PROJECT: n 2005, a young American was found unconscious in the Berlin subway tracks with major contusions to the head from the fall and a lethal blood alcohol level of That was Strangers pulled me from the tracks, giving me a second chance at life, and propelling me on a journey of body, mind, and spirit that has become THE SKIN I’M The film is both intimate and expansive, traveling from Berlin to British Columbia, New Jersey to Japan, Kenya to Los Angeles, documenting my collaboration with Canadian First-Nations artist Rande Cook, and African-American tattoo artist Zulu to produce my full back The documentary uses this physical transformation as the departure point and thread for my story of bodily abuse, experimentation, and THE SKIN I’M IN offers up a powerful example of how the personal can speak to an evolving global social awareness, crossing boundaries to create a more integrated understanding of human In a social-media culture where the once political act of self-expression has become a digital commonplace, the project asks there still space for the “I” and for “identity” to matter and to register as access points to larger sociopolitical understanding and social
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