Why it may be worth watching
- The Ball Method combines History and Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Kiersey Clemons, Wallace Langham, Kyle Secor.
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The Ball Method
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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Cast
Kiersey ClemonsAlice Ball
Wallace LanghamDr. Dean
Kyle SecorDr. Hollmann
Kristian VenturaPatient
CJ UyKalani
Shannon CorbettNurse
Edward StasikVisitor (as Ed Stasik)
Elizabeth HalesNurse Addie
Cailin McDonaldNurse Harper
Ernie RiveraTest Patient 1
Roma LuceroNurse
Aaron LouiePatient
Christian MedinaPatient
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Best suited to viewers looking for History, Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Themes and topics
hawaiileprosybased on true storychemistleper colonyblack history1910safrican american history
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