Ballast.
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
Status
Available Online
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Language
English
Notes
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Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2008.
Description
A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008, Ballast is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. In the cold winter light of the Mississippi Delta, three lonely people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. Lawrence (Micheal J. Smith, Sr. ) is paralyzed with grief after the loss of his twin brother. Twelve-year-old James (Jimmyron Ross) drifts into the perilous orbit of local teenagers while his single mother, Marlee (Tarra Riggs), is too exhausted from her menial job to interpret the clues. When sudden violence forces mother and son to flee their home in the night, they alight desperately on Lawrence's property. Though this provides safe harbor, it rekindles the fury of a bitter, longstanding conflict. Writer-director Lance Hammer and his gifted cast of local, non-professional actors have created an unflinching, profoundly humane story of lost souls forced by circumstance to seek solace in the most unlikely of places.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Smith, M. J. 1., Ross, J., Riggs, T., & Hammer, L. (2014). Ballast . Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michael J. 1972- Smith et al.. 2014. Ballast. Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Michael J. 1972- Smith et al.. Ballast Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Smith, Michael J. 1972-, JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, and Lance Hammer. Ballast Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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