In Bogotá, Colombia, a charismatic eleven year old named Maria Alejandra struggles to maintain a normal childhood despite the limitations imposed by a rare skin disease. Conflict between mother and daughter arises when Maria refuses to attend school early one morning. Click here for feature-length version of this film.
In Crystal Skin (Short)
- Film Maker
- O’Brien, Michaela
- Year
- 2015
- Country
- USA/Colombia
- Language
- Format
- Digital
- Length
- 18
- Genre
- documentary, short
- Category
- Childhood, Disability, Education, Health, Work about Women, Work by Women, Youth

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