DROP SQUAD - DVD

Details

• Release Year: 1994
• Genre: Action, Drama
• Plot: Black advertising executive Bruford Jamison, Jr. works on sales campaigns that target African-American consumers -- for products like Mumblin' Jack Malt Liquor and Gospel-Pak fried chicken which features religious sayings on its napkins. But this 'buppie' soon comes to the attention of the D.R.O.P. Squad who try to deprogram him and raise his consciousness about the racial stereotypes he's helping to perpetuate.; When a secret para-military organization of African Americans decides an African American ad executive is selling out his race, it abducts him for deprogramming.; ; 'D.R.O.P.' is an acronym for 'Deprogramming and Restoration of Pride.' 'D.R.O.P. Squad' was adapted from Johnson's independent short film, 'The Session.' Feature film debut for writer/director David Clark Johnson. Additional cast: Eric A. Payne (Stokely), Billy Williams (Huey), Nicole Powell (Lenora Jamison). Additional credits: Paul Weathered (art director), Darlene Jackson (costume designer). A Spike Lee presentation.;
• Cast: Eriq La Salle, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Kasi Lemmons, Leonard L. Thomas, Nicole Powell, Eric Payne, Crystal R. Fox, Vanessa Williams, Michael Ralph, Billy 'Sly' Williams, Kimberly Hawthorne, Afemo Omilami, Paula Kelly, Charles Brown, Iris Little Thomas, Tico Wells, Ray Aranha, Fran Carter, Charles Weldon, Roderick Garr, Paul Benjamin, Donna Briscoe, Charnele Brown, Mark D. Kennerly, Dwania Kyles, Michael H. Moss, Bruce Taylor, Arthur French, Ernest Dixon, Sharlene Ross, Jay McMillan, Maggie Rush, Tim Hutchinson, Ellis Williams, Ed Wheeler, William Allen Young, John Lawhorn, Marguerite Hannah, Bill Griffith, Michelle Benjamin Cooper, John Jordan, Joe Bryant, Joanna Maddox, Gloretta L. Wilson, Marilyn Sue Perry, Suzanne Jones, Quincy Rene Dickerson, Mark Batson, Spike Lee, David C. Johnson
• Director: David C. Johnson
• Runtime: 1:28
• Company: Universal
• Media Format: movie