Wow! So I watched On My Skin only having read the one sentence synopsis on Netflix, after seeing it listed as a suggestion on the assignment list. I thought to myself, this sounds interesting - guy spends a bad week in prison, based on true events. I typically like crime shows and things based on true events. Having not been familiar with this story or the time period where hundreds died in prisons from bad treatment, I was in for quite a shock. Within the first few minutes you see a man dead in a jail hospital... then they go back a week and start telling the events leading up to his death. I remained hopeful throughout the film that Stefano would recover and go on to fight against the unjustness of the system. I was way off. He indeed died and the way he was treated was terrible. This actor was great, he really made me feel for him. I was really crushed when he noted to the social worker that it wasn't that he didn't want treatment, he just wanted treatment after he spoke with his lawyer. I didnt understand the mindset of him refusing to be helped just to try and speak with the police. then again I wasn't beaten to death by the police. And so many knew the truth yet didn't stand up to the a abusive cops. Very eye opening story.
