Ballast

You have to destroy her buoyancy and you do that by having externally what are called the Main Ballast Tanks, which are like large blisters.

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"Ballast" - In reference to the above, it's heartening to see American directors can tackle a difficult story and avoid the cheese.

indieWIRE News 2009

"Ballast" - This account of three poor Mississippi family members dealing with the effects of a suicide is unfiltered and grippingly honest throughout, crafting melancholic beauty out of the Delta's lonely landscape and the characters 'unswerving determination to survive an insurmountable loss.

indieWIRE News 2009

Where the bleep does Bill "Ballast" Nelson get off complaining about the delay, when he slandered an excellent candidate -- Steve Isakowitz -- out of the job, and torpedoed another?

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One bright new talent clearly emerged from the dramatic competition features: Lance Hammer, the director of the strikingly uncompromising "Ballast," a poetically understated and beautifully shot movie about tragedy and reconciliation in the wintry Mississippi Delta.

Smiling in the Dark 2008

"Ballast" may not fill the multiplexes, but it's exactly the kind of daring personal filmmaking Sundance was created to showcase.

Smiling in the Dark 2008

The Mantua has no Leads in the Sleeves, and I hope we are not lighter than the _French_ Ladies, so as to want that kind of Ballast; the

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Film: "Ballast" 7 pm, Capawock Theatre, Vineyard Haven.

The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines 2009

Required Viewing, will release "Ballast" at New York's Film Forum on October 1, followed by a national rollout.

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"Ballast" director Lance Hammer, accepting an award at the 2008

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