BIRTHMARK
2019, English. Directed by Lester Alfonso.
A film about the marks we are born with, and the marks we imagine for ourselves.
Inspired by a flashback about his birthmark, filmmaker Lester Alfonso is convinced that making a film will help confront a distant trauma rooted in cultural superstition. A follow-up to his award-winning film Twelve (2009), BIRTHMARK is a wry, sensitive, and candidly confessional exercise in creative anthropology. Soliciting fellow mark-bearers to add their testimonies to his own, Lester documents his journey to find peace and forgiveness, and to quiet the voice in his head. “It’s not only about the marks we are born with but the marks we imagine for ourselves.”
- Runtime
- 1h 18m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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- Released
- 14 December 2019
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Lester Alfonso
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BIRTHMARK runs 78 minutes (1h 18m).
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BIRTHMARK isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 14 December 2019. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed BIRTHMARK?
BIRTHMARK (2019) was directed by Lester Alfonso and stars Lester Alfonso.