- HD 1080
- Runtime: 96m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Lance Hammer
- Stars: Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail, Ventress Bonner
- keywords: dying and death, suicide, single parent, loss of loved one, gun, lawyer
- Production_studio: Alluvial Film Company
- providers: Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
- The Ballast is featured in the top rankings of 2008
- #71 in Top Drama Movies of 2008
A single mother and her embattled son struggle to subsist in a small Mississippi Delta township. An act of violence thrusts them into the world of an emotionally devastated highway store owner, awakening the fury of a bitter and longstanding conflict.