02317cgm a2200385 i 4500 2550217205 TxAuBib 20240906120000.0 r 140717s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 1113753 Kanopy (OCoLC)897772775 UtOrBLW eng rda UtOrBLW TxAuBib rda Ballast [Kanopy]. [San Francisco, California, USA : Kanopy Streaming, 2014. 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 96 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound. tdi rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Title from title frames. Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2008. 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. Mode of access: World Wide Web. Grief Drama. Twins Drama. Single mothers Drama. Violence Drama. Feature films. lcgft Smith, Michael J, 1972-, actor., (Michael John.) Ross, JimMyron, actor. Riggs, Tarra, actor. Hammer, Lance, screenwriter. Kanopy (Firm). https://USERNAME.kanopy.com/node/113754 https://www.kanopy.com/node/113754/external-image