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In Defense of Ballast
blog.spout.com - 10/24/2008
In Defense of Ballast
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Every year some over-hyped award-laden independent film faces a critical backlash, dissenting writers who cry it ain’t all that . This year it’s Ballast . To quote Armond White , from the NY Press: “Director-writer Lance Hammer shows a black Mississippi family torn apart by ...
ballastfilm.com - 10/21/2008
Ballast Screenings
— ballastfilm.com — Q with filmmaker Lance Hammer Friday Nov 7, Saturday Nov 8, and Sunday Nov 9. Screening times... TBD. (more) Ballast Screenings

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indiewire.com - 10/18/2008
"Ballast" Steadies Course Alone: Sundance Winner Chooses Self-Distribution
— indiewire.com — "Ballast" director Lance Hammer, accepting an award at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Photo by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE... (more) "Ballast" Steadies Course Alone: Sundance Winner ...

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Does Ballast Really Deserve a Backlash?
blog.spout.com - 10/23/2008
Does Ballast Really Deserve a Backlash?
— blog.spout.com — Funny how, in the indie film world, falls from grace tend to begin before you’ve even hit... the top. Yesterday, Lance Hammer’s Ballast was nominated for four Gotham Independent Film Awards — the most of any single film — ... (more) Does Ballast Really Deserve a Backlash?

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VINYL IS HEAVY:  In defense of Ballast

Film | guardian.co.uk:  The view: More than black and white

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In defense of Ballast
VINYL IS HEAVY — ... I suspect it was the story that had some of the folks in the Film Forum audience sighing, whispering and even snickering uncontrollably. Story-wise, Ballast can be easily mistaken for an entry in the Why We Be Black genre—films which depict underclass African-Americans scratching and surviving and tearing each other apart. Such films are said to exist mainly for the delectation of white liberals who like to think of poor blacks as lovable to the degree that they are irrational, impulsive and self-destructive. Mighty Joe Young in a do-rag. The fallacy of placing Ballast ...

The view: More than black and white
Film | guardian.co.uk — ... exalted by the New York Times as "startlingly pitch-perfect." As noted by Steven Boone at Spout Blog , peevishness nipped at the movie from the outset – but the ...

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