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
Mark Johnson Executive Producer
Lance Hammer Producer
Lol Crawley Director of Photography
Lance Hammer Director
Andrew Adamson Executive Producer
Canada 10 November 2009
United Kingdom 25 April 2011
United States 10 November 2009
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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 ...
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24 February 2008
An American mother receives word that her drug addled son has been kidnapped by a drug lord operating in South Africa.
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A radical hybrid of spy, sci-fi, Western, and even horror genres, Craig Baldwin's Mock Up On Mu cobbles together a feature-length "collage-narrative" based on (mostly) true stories of California's post-War sub-cultures of rocket pioneers, alternative religions, and Beat lifestyles.
15 October 2008
A DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy, and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death, join forces to solve a series of murders in New York City.
01 January 2008
Daniel is a scientist who just got married to April, an attractive, immature and extroverted youth who reveals a side of herself which he has not yet seen, unleashing conflicts with the inhabitants of her hometown.
10 December 2008
A beautiful grad student named Tara Simmons is abducted by aliens in a flying saucer. Four days later she finds herself back on earth at the top secret government facility Areola 51, which documents sexual encounters with aliens.
07 September 2008
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