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The Drop (2016)

Millennial filmmaker/actor Dylan Playfair goes on a journey to find out why his generation isn’t turning up at the polls.

The Drop: Why Young People Don’t Vote is produced by Kensington Communications and Triple Threat Films for TVO, CPAC and other broadcasters.

 

The Drop Playfair and Shakoor

 

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AWARDS

Winner, Palm Springs International Film Festival

SYNOPSIS

It’s easy to assume that young people would rather party than get involved in politics. And it’s easy to blame young people themselves for their relatively low voter turnout. But is that the whole story? Millennial filmmaker/actor Dylan Playfair isn’t so sure. He wants to explore the assumptions made about his generation.

In his home province of British Columbia, Dylan takes part in a dubious scheme to coax university students to go to the polls. Traveling to Toronto, during a municipal race that features Rob and Doug Ford, he meets a plucky teenage mayoral candidate. Then on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, he gets a hot tip that allows him to put Justin Trudeau on the spot.

In the lead-up to U.S. mid-term elections, Dylan travels to North Carolina to meet young activists as they struggle to remove barriers to voting. He visits Ferguson Missouri, still in turmoil after the police shooting of Michael Brown, where he meets young leaders of Black Lives Matter. Throughout his journey – including a chaotic trip to Burning Man – Dylan is exposed to a wide spectrum of political views as he strives to discover what would convince more young people to vote or… perhaps even better… find more direct ways to engage.

The Drop Playfair in front of the Parliament

CREDITS

Director
KYLE MCCACHEN

Producer
ROBERT LANG

Executive Producers
ROBERT LANG
DYLAN PLAYFAIR
IAN WADDELL

Executive Producer, TVO
JANE JANKOVIC

Executive Producer, CPAC
PETER VAN DUSEN

Co-producer
KYLE MCCACHEN

Editor
EOIN HARRIS

Writers
LEVI MCCACHEN
MICHAEL SCHULTZ

Story Editor
ALLEN BOOTH

Music by
BEDTRACKS

Original Composition
OLIVER JOHNSON
ROB MCALLISTER
JAMES BOYD
ZAC KLEIZA

Visual Researcher
ELSPETH DOMVILLE

Researcher
SANDRA WHITELEY

Production (Vancouver)
DOP: MIKE BAIER
Sound: ALEX RAKHIT
Coordinator: EMILY RAKHIT
Camera: SPENCER VILLAGE
Assistant: KYLE GEST, CHRIS AITKEN

Production (Ottawa, Ferguson, Burning Man)
DOP: KYLE MCCACHEN
Sound: DYLAN PLAYFAIR

Production (Toronto, North Carolina)
DOP: DEREK ROGERS
Sound: HUAN NGUYEN, BENI HARPER
Assistant Camera: RAJ NANDY

Online Edit
EGGPLANT PICTURES

Sound Editor / Mixer
DAMON DE SZEGHEO
OAK RECORDING STUDIO

Transcriptions
SARAH HAGER

Colourist
MARK DRIVER

Post Production Coordinator
FLORENCIA MARTINEZ-CARRANZA

Independent Production Officer, TVO
LINDA FONG

Business Affairs Coordinator
ADRIANNA CRIFO

Production Accountant
MICHELE DAVIS

Bookkeeper
LISA MCVEIGH

Production Office
ATEFEH SADREDDIN

Kickstarter Manager
CHERYL GUDZ

Produced by
KENSINGTON COMMUNICATIONS INC., Toronto
TRIPLE THREAT FILMS INC., Vancouver

Produced in association with
TVO
CPAC

Produced with the participation of
ROGERS DOCUMENTARY FUND
CANADA MEDIA FUND
ONTARIO MEDIA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CANADIAN FILM OR VIDEO PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT