Article: `The Albino Code' unravels mystery of condition.(News)

Byline: JESSICA FARGEN

As Tom Hanks' "The Da Vinci Code" opening looms May 19, featuring an albino character as a murderous, self-flagellating monk, a Hingham-born albino moviemaker is set to screen his own film tomorrow in Boston that wryly attacks the myth of the "evil albino."

"It's another kind of evil or outcast depiction of a person with albinism," said Dennis Hurley, 28, who was angered over the homicidal red-eyed character Silas depicted in the "The Da Vinci Code" best-selling novel. "There are regular people like me who happen to have this condition."

The low-budget, nine-minute parody flick, "The Albino Code," stars Hurley and pokes ...

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