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The Ball Method

May 18, 2020 · 19m
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Drama

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Alice Ball, a 23 year-old African American Chemist living in 1915 Hawaii fights against racial and gender barriers to find an effective treatment for leprosy before Kalani, a 10-year-old patient is exiled into the leper colony of Molokai.

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CAST

Kiersey Clemons
Alice Ball
Wallace Langham
Dr. Dean
Kyle Secor
Dr. Hollmann
Kristian Ventura
Patient
CJ Uy
Kalani
Shannon Corbett
Nurse
Edward Stasik
Visitor (as Ed Stasik)
Elizabeth Hales
Nurse Addie
Directed by Dagmawi Abebe

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
University of Southern California, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant, University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
Country
US

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