82
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Ballou , a documentary film, follows the talented Washington, DC, Ballou Senior High School Marching Band, as they overcome their negative environment filled with guns, drugs, and violence, and uplift the community with music, dedication, and personal sacrifice.
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Audiences 84GoodWatch 82
IMDb8.4
Running time
1 h 30 min
A typical length for documentaries, −6 min on the typical 96
typical 9690Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country, rent or buy in 3 more
Released
2008
September 11, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Michael Patrei Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography
Writing · 1
- Fernanda Rossi Story
Production · 2
- Page Ostrow Producer
- Casey Callister Producer, Camera Operator
Camera · 2
- Maiko Yoda Callister Camera Operator
- Amy Barnes Camera Operator
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