CinemaOSMovie · 2020 · 0h 19m · NR

The Ball Method

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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.

Directed byDagmawi Abebe

Status: Released
Runtime: 0h 19m
Language: EN
Released: May 18, 2020

Studios

University of Southern California

University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts

The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited

Starring

Kiersey Clemons

Kiersey Clemons

Alice Ball

Wallace Langham

Wallace Langham

Dr. Dean

Kyle Secor

Kyle Secor

Dr. Hollmann

Kristian Ventura

Kristian Ventura

Patient

CJ Uy

CJ Uy

Kalani

Shannon Corbett

Shannon Corbett

Nurse

Edward Stasik

Edward Stasik

Visitor (as Ed Stasik)

Elizabeth Hales

Elizabeth Hales

Nurse Addie

Cailin McDonald

Cailin McDonald

Nurse Harper

Ernie Rivera

Ernie Rivera

Test Patient 1

Creative team

Directed by: Dagmawi Abebe
Written by: Dagmawi Abebe
Javier Carmona
Produced by: Mehmet Gungoren
Yeon Jin Lee

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