The Ball Method (2020) movie poster

The Ball Method (2020)

19 minHistoryDrama

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.

Country: United States

Director: Dagmawi Abebe

Awards: 5 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Kiersey Clemons as Alice Ball

Kiersey Clemons

Alice Ball

Wallace Langham as Dr. Dean

Wallace Langham

Dr. Dean

Kyle Secor as Dr. Hollmann

Kyle Secor

Dr. Hollmann

Kristian Ventura as Patient

Kristian Ventura

Patient

CJ Uy as Kalani

CJ Uy

Kalani

Shannon Corbett as Nurse

Shannon Corbett

Nurse

Edward Stasik as Visitor (as Ed Stasik)

Edward Stasik

Visitor (as Ed Stasik)

Elizabeth Hales as Nurse Addie

Elizabeth Hales

Nurse Addie

Cailin McDonald as Nurse Harper

Cailin McDonald

Nurse Harper

Ernie Rivera as Test Patient 1

Ernie Rivera

Test Patient 1

Roma Lucero as Nurse

Roma Lucero

Nurse

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Aaron Louie

Patient

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Christian Medina

Patient

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Debbie Kindred

Patient

Keywords

Plot:leprosybased on true storychemistleper colonyblack historyafrican american historyshort film

Time:1910s

Place:hawaii