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Black Chalk

Black Chalk

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Black Chalk

2022

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Overview

Black Chalk is a film about the intimacy of a woman with Down's Syndrome who writes on the wall with black chalk a list of daily activities to organise her life.

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Fernanda Lewin-Hirschhorn

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Directed by: Julieta Tetelbaum
Written by: Julieta Tetelbaum

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