WATCH: [It’s Time to] VOTE
Filmmaker Kathy Drasky teams up with music mixmaster John Greasy to take the pulse of a complicated nation on the eve of the 2020 presidential election.
Documentary filmmaker Kathy Drasky has made several road trips in the four years since America’s last presidential election. Her photos and videos record the pulse of a conflicted nation, from carnivals to rallies to open roads and motel room TVs. Set to the music of Detroit mixmaster and visionary John Greasy, the “VOTE” message is clear. This is the America we live in today. Will your vote change what our country looks like tomorrow?
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The filmmaker encourages everyone who has not voted yet to exercise their right to do so. You can find your polling place or get more information on where to drop off absentee/mail-in ballots here: https://iwillvote.com/
She emphasizes that if you have not yet returned a mail-in ballot, you must now drop that ballot off in person.
Drasky and John Greasy have worked together before. In 2018, Greasy scored an original soundtrack for Drasky’s award-winning short documentary about Detroit, “Uncle Frank’s House: An American Dream”. From that film came Greasy’s hit single, an anthem for his beleaguered, yet beloved city, “Detroit Life”.
“In the past four years, I’ve been to 26 states,” says Drasky, who grew up in Connecticut but now calls San Francisco, California home. “I wish my images showcased a more united country rather than such a divided one.
“I am encouraged, however, by the number of early votes that have already been cast. Let these votes show the will of the people.”
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John Greasy appears courtesy of Going Global Music Group. His music appears on all platforms, including Spotify: tiny.cc/johngreasy.
Kathy Drasky is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. She often shares her road trip photos and videos on her Instagram account.
