Drop Squad
1994
87 Min
African-American ad executive Bruford Jamison Jr. (Eriq La Salle) works on campaigns selling Mumblin’ Jack Malt Liquor and General Otis’ Fried Chicken (with a Confederate flag image on the bucket) to the black community. Soon, Bruford gets a visit from the D.R.O.P. Squad, activists who “deprogram” him to raise his consciousness about racial stereotypes. This wry satire costars Ving Rhames and Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Spike Lee appears in a cameo.
1994/1995 was a mini/momentary explosion of black films and black directors in America. You had; ‘Clockers’ (Spike Lee), ‘The Glass Shield’ (Charles Burnett), ‘Dead Presidents’ (The Hughes Brothers… read review