Drop Squad (1994)

1h 26m
Running Time

October 28, 1994
Release Date

Drop Squad (1994)

1h 26m
Running Time

October 28, 1994
Release Date

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Network & Production Companies
40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks
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Plot.

Controversial film about an underground organization that kidnaps and 'deprograms' African Americans who sell out or deny their cultural heritage. Spike Lee is the Executive Producer.

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Cast & Crew.

Mark David Kennerly

Mark David Kennerly

Chris

Dwania Kyles

Dwania Kyles

Janet

Michael H. Moss

Michael H. Moss

Griggs

Bruce Taylor

Bruce Taylor

Sweeney

Arthur French

Arthur French

Vernon Dobbs

Ernest Dixon

Ernest Dixon

Councilman Jenkins

Sharlene Ross

Sharlene Ross

Aishala Ibo

Jay McMillan

Jay McMillan

Rev. Beekins

Michelle Benjamin Cooper

Michelle Benjamin Cooper

Truelove's Secretary

John Jordan

John Jordan

Bubba

Joe Bryant

Joe Bryant

Aishala's Boy

Joanna Maddox

Joanna Maddox

Interviewer

Gloretta L. Wilson

Gloretta L. Wilson

Shantequa

Marilyn Sue Perry

Marilyn Sue Perry

Choirgirl

Paul Weathered

Paul Weathered

Art Direction

Quincy Rene Dickerson

Quincy Rene Dickerson

Mumbling Jack Girl

Details.

Release Date
October 28, 1994

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 26m

Content Rating
R

Budget
$200,000

Box Office
$734,693

Genres

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Wiki.

Drop Squad (sometimes spelled as DROP Squad or D.R.O.P. Squad) is a 1994 American drama film directed by David C. Johnson and executive produced by Spike Lee via his production company 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks. The plot depicts a team of African Americans who kidnap fellow black people who they feel have betrayed their community and seek to "deprogram" them so that they will change their ways. The acronym DROP stands for "Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride". The film has been described as "[p]art thriller, part social satire".

The film was based in part on The Session, a 45-minute film Johnson produced in 1988 on a $20,000 budget, and ultimately derived from a short story by David C. Taylor titled "The Deprogrammer". Johnson described the differences between the two films as follows: "The short film was basically satire, an absurdist piece .... D.R.O.P. Squad, on the other hand, is realism. The characters have more at stake."

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