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.


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.

Director: Dagmawi Abebe
Writer: Dagmawi Abebe / Javier Carmona
Stars: Kiersey Clemons / Wallace Langham / Kyle Secor / Elizabeth Hales / Cailin McDonald
Genre: Short / Drama
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