BALLAST [BLU-RAY] [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 2008
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed movies of 2008, Ballast is a stunningly evocative story of personal catastrophe and communal redemption. In the cold winter light of the Mississipi 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 unflincing, profioundly humane story of lost souls forced by circumstances to seek solace in the most unlikey of places.
• Cast: Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail, Ventress Bonner, Jimez Alexander, Jean Paul Guillory, Marcus Alexander, Marquice Alexander, Lawrence Jackson, Jeremy Jordan, Steve Cabell, Samuel Dobbins, Neil Pettigrew, Sanjib Shrestha, Carol Clark, Lee G. Beck, Michael Johnston, Valeace Bright, Cassandra Campbell, Darla Johnson Lloyd, Albert Jay Levy, Edward Whitehead, Patricia Lee, Earl Ray, Zachary Coleman, Rafe D. Simpson, Donald Johnson, Hurstine Watts, Fredrick Harris, Willie Nason, Sam Watson, Mary Goodson, Anita R. Ballard, Lance Hammer
• Director: Lance Hammer
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Kino Video
• Media Format: Movie