Ballast
Summary:
The static living arrangement between three lonely souls living in a rural Mississippi Delta township is suddenly shaken up due to a tragic suicide in this intimate family drama from first-time writer/director Lance Hammer. Single mother Marley was barely getting by when her 12-year-old son James fell into a dangerous cycle of drugs and violence. Desperate to escape her curre... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Michael J. Smith, Sr. - (Lawrence)
Jim Myron Ross - (James)
Tarra Riggs - (Marlee)
Johnny McPhail
Ventress Bonner
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Review:
Lance Hammer's debut feature, Ballast, has a storyline -- it has narrative momentum, and pacing (exquisite pacing, in fact), and all of the other requirements that a dramatic film should possess. And Hammer has handled these elements of his film with the delicacy of an accomplished filmmaker. But where Ballast succeeds on a level that s... Continue >>
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