The Ball Method (2020)
Overview
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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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 1.21 |
Directed By
Dagmawi Abebe
Crew
Dagmawi Abebe
Javier Carmona
Dagmawi Abebe
Alazar Aklilu
Jena Jarvis
Yeon Jin Lee
Paul Wermager
Tom Ogden
Jenna Jarvis
Rahman Altın
Bash Achkar
Peter Hazel
Jane Flowers
Chris Bauer
Mehmet Gungoren
Lauren Lukow
TOP 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
Cailin McDonald
Nurse Harper
Ernie Rivera
Test Patient 1
Roma Lucero
Nurse
Aaron Louie
Patient
Christian Medina
Patient
Debbie Kindred
Patient
Marco Chiong
Student
Megan O'Grady Greene
Visitor
Jack Crish
Student
Chiayu Tsai
Photo Patient
Jan Remcee Redondo
Patient
Louis Shapiro
Visitor
Gaia Trinity
Patient
Abron Suttles
Patient
Alexander Bozicevich
Student
Anne Gundry
Nurse
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