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			Skin Deep
	Directed by	Midi Onodera
	Produced by	Midi Onodera
Mehernaz Lentin
	Written by	Midi Onodera
Barbara O’Kelly
	Starring	Natsuko Ohama
Melanie Nicholls-King
Keram Malicki-Sánchez
	Music by	Kathryn Moses
	Cinematography	Robert MacDonald
	Edited by	Sarah Peddie
	Production
company 
	Studio D

	Release date
	
	1995 (1995)




	Running time
	85 minutes
	Country	Canada
	Language	English


Skin Deep is a 1995 film directed by Canadian filmmaker Midi Onodera and starring Natsuko Ohama, Melanie Nicholls-King, and Keram Malicki-Sánchez.


Contents


	1 Plot
	2 Production
	3 Reception
	4 See also
	5 References
	6 External links





Plot[edit]

Skin Deep tells the story of an award-winning director, Alex Koyama (Natsuko Ohama), who is in the process of making a film about the tattoo industry, and the love and obsession that can arise in the "skin art" culture.  Conflict develops between Koyama and her lesbian lover / assistant, Montana (Melanie Nicholls-King) when Koyama hires a new production assistant, Chris (Keram Malicki-Sánchez), who is transgender and quickly becomes obsessed with Koyama.[1][2]


Production[edit]

Skin Deep was written, directed, and co-produced by Onodera.  It was produced in cooperation with the National Film Board of Canada, with funding from


	the Canada Council
	the Ontario Arts Council
	Canadian Heritage: Multiculturalism Program
	National Association of Japanese Canadians
	Racial Equity Fund – OFDC & LIFT[clarification needed]
	the Toronto Lesbian & Gay Appeal


Reception[edit]

Skin Deep was awarded the Best Feature Film: Audience Award at the 1995 Hamburg International Lesbian & Gay Film Festival.


See also[edit]

	List of LGBT films directed by women


References[edit]

	^ "Skin Deep". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2009.

	^ Skin Deep on IMDb




External links[edit]

	Skin Deep at Midi Onodera's personal website






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		Categories: 	1995 films
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	1995 LGBT-related films
	Canadian films
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	Media depictions of tattooing
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