A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding conflict.
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Micheal J. Smith Sr. as Lawrence
JimMyron Ross as James
Tarra Riggs as Marlee
Johnny McPhail as John
Ventress Bonner as Teen
Jimez Alexander as Teen
Lance Hammer Writer
Lol Crawley Director of Photography
Andrew Adamson Executive Producer
Mark Johnson Executive Producer
Aimee Shieh Executive Producer
Lance Hammer Director
Canada 10 November 2009
United Kingdom 25 April 2011
United States 10 November 2009
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25 January 2002
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Ballast:
A double prize winner at the Sundance Film Festival and one of the most critically acclaimed films of 2008 ...
Official trailer for the film "Ballast" winner of the Directing and Cinematography awards in the 2008 Sundance film festival.
A drama set in the Mississippi delta where one man's suicide affects three people's lives.
A drama set in the Mississippi delta where one man's suicide affects three people's lives. Director: Lance Hammer Writer: Lance Hammer Stars: Micheal J. Smith ...
A single mother(Tarra Riggs)and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an ...
4 axle steering. 25 tons gooseneck simpel maintenance.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2008:
21 May 2008
Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold.
28 October 2008
Determined to understand the repeating patterns he was finding in nature, French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot used an early form of computer imagery to produce his own versions, coining the recurring shapes fractals.
30 August 2008
A documentary on Paul Watson, who takes the law into his own hands on the open seas, confronting, by any nonviolent means necessary, the hunters who indiscriminately slaughter whales, seals and sharks, along with complicit governments and environmental organizations.
26 August 2008
Chris Jackson is a taxi driver with a childhood trauma. The trauma has made him a portal for obsessions to pass from the mind to the physical world and hence disrupt the world's multiple planes of reality.
24 February 2008
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
18 October 2008
A sexy Spanish siren named Elvira schools a young man in tantric lovemaking.
26 June 2008
After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E— a robot designed to clean up the earth—discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE.
01 January 2008
In this soulful surf documentary, filmmaker Cyrus Sutton shadows five different surfers, capturing the ups and downs of their daily routines -- much like the ebb and flow of the waves they ride with such passion.
30 October 2008
Alex, Marty, and other zoo animals find a way to escape from Madagascar when the penguins reassemble a wrecked airplane.
24 December 2008
Skeeter Bronson is a down-on-his-luck guy who's always telling bedtime stories to his niece and nephew.
22 February 2008
There are many GAPS. These gaps cause divides and arguments and hatred. And because there are so many gaps, there must be a many lessons taught.
04 June 2008
Chosen by prophecy but doubted by all, Po is an unlikely choice for the mystical title of the Dragon Warrior—a clumsy panda thrust into the world of kung fu as a deadly enemy threatens the Valley of Peace.
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