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Title Ballast / an Alluvial Film Company production ; producers, Lance Hammer, Nina Parikh ; writer-director, Lance Hammer.

Publication Info. New York : Kino International, [2009]

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Video  PN1997.2 .B35 2009    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition DVD format.
Description 1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
surround
Dolby digital 5.1
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
Note Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: Director supervised high-definition digital transfer; "Ballast Scene Development," a 37-minute making-of feature charting the evolution of several scenes through the improvisational conflict sessions and two-month rehearsal process that gave form to the final film; original theatrical trailer; a new essay by film critic Amy Taubin.
Credits Director of photography, Lol Crawley ; editor, Lance Hammer.
Cast Micheal J. Smith, Sr., Jimmyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail.
Summary In the cold winter light of the Mississippi Delta, three lonely people stumble under the weight of a shared tragedy. Lawrence is paralyzed with grief after the suicide of his twin brother. Twelve-year-old James drifts into the perilous orbit of local teenagers while his single mother, Marlee, is too exhausted from her menial job to interpret the clues. Sudden violence forces mother and son to flee their home and they alight on Lawrence's property. This safe harbor rekindles the fury of a bitter, longstanding conflict.
Audience Not rated.
System Details DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.
Language English dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.
Subject Twin brothers -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Drama.
Twin brothers.
Mississippi -- Delta (Region)
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Brothers -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Drama.
Brothers.
Mothers and sons -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Drama.
Mothers and sons.
Single mothers -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Drama.
Single mothers.
Youth and violence -- Mississippi -- Delta (Region) -- Drama.
Youth and violence.
Feature films -- United States.
Feature films.
United States.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Fiction films.
Independent films.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Hammer, Lance, producer, screenwriter, director.
Parikh, Nina, producer.
Smith, Micheal J., Sr., actor.
Ross, JimMyron, actor.
Riggs, Tarra, actor.
McPhail, Johnny, actor.
Standard No. 738329067021
Music No. K670 Kino International