Knives and Skin
- Director: Jennifer Reeder
- Writer: Jennifer Reeder
- Producer: Brian Hieggelke; Jan Hieggelke
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In Knives and Skin, Jennifer Reeder takes the classic American high school movie and turns it completely on its head, adding magical realism, pop-song choirs, and a feminist twist.
At first glance, this rural Illinois high school seems like any other:popular football players and their cheerleader girlfriends, marching band nerds, the feminist loner, and the unassuming kid in the mascot costume. But when their peer Carolyn Harper goes missing, the students are forced to confront the cracks in the façade, along the way revealing their true selves and new, unexpected connections. The disappearance also exposes parent’s secrets and highlights the town’s overriding dysfunction.
Part teen comedy, part musical and part thriller, Knives and Skin is the badass feminist high school movie we have all been waiting for.
Trailer...
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Cast & Characters
Kate Arrington as Renee Darlington
Tim Hopper as Dan Kitzmiller
James Vincent Meredith as Doug Darlington
Tony Fitzpatrick as Principal Markum
Marika Engelhardt as Lisa Harper
Marilyn Dodds Frank as Gramma Miriam Kitzmiller
Audrey Francis as Lynn Kitzmiller
Ty Olwin as Andy Kitzmiller
Robert T. Cunningham as Jesse Darlington
Alex Moss as Aaron
Raven Whitley as Carolyn Harper
Genevieve Venjohnson as Bridey Kurtich
Ireon Roach as Charlotte Kurtich
Grace Etzkorn as Candice
Aurora Real de Asua as April Martinez