The Ball Method

2020 19min

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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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.

Released
May 18, 2020
Runtime
19min
Director
Dagmawi Abebe
Genre
HistoryDrama
Language
English
Production
University of Southern California, USC School of Cinematic Arts, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Production Grant
Cast