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028 52 1113753|bKanopy 
035    (OCoLC)897772775 
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245 00 Ballast.|h[Kanopy electronic resource] 
264  1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
       |c2014. 
300    1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 96 min.) :
       |bdigital, .flv file, sound 
336    two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent 
337    computer|bc|2rdamedia 
338    online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 
344    digital 
347    video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash 
500    Title from title frames. 
518    Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 2008. 
520    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. 
538    Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
650  0 Grief|vDrama. 
650  0 Twins|vDrama. 
650  0 Single mothers|vDrama. 
650  0 Violence|vDrama. 
655  7 Feature Films.|2lcgft 
700 1  Smith, Michael J.|q(Michael John),|d1972-|eactor. 
700 1  Ross, JimMyron,|eactor. 
700 1  Riggs, Tarra,|eactor. 
700 1  Hammer, Lance,|edirector,|escreenwriter. 
710 2  Kanopy (Firm) 
856 40 |uhttps://naperville.kanopy.com/node/113754|zAvailable on 
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