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The Chalk Mark
Set in and around the tenement blocks and rubbish tips of the Glasgow slums, this short film depicts a young boy’s perspective of his family, his friends and the local ‘bad man’.
Overview
Set in and around the tenement blocks and rubbish tips of the Glasgow slums, this short film depicts a young boy’s perspective of his family, his friends and the local ‘bad man’.
Produced as part of the BFI Production Board's New Directors ’89 scheme, which also backed films from Patrick Keiller (Clouds) and Gurinder Chadha (I’m British But...).
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