Scene from 'Ballast' "Ballast," the debut feature by Lance Hammer, documents the tragedy and reconciliation in a Mississippi delta family. WSJ's Joe Morgenstern calls it an "elegantly uncluttered little movie." (Nov. 21) Scene from 'Ballast' "Ballast," the debut feature by Lance Hammer, documents the tragedy and reconciliation in a Mississippi delta family. WSJ's Joe Morgenstern calls it an "elegantly uncluttered little movie." (Nov. 21)