Gotta Get Down to It

Gotta Get Down to It is an upcoming American drama film produced by Kenyon College written and directed by Johnathan Tazewell. Students enrolled at the college were heavily involved in the production of the film through a class called Making the Feature Film and through volunteering. The film stars Claire Fort as Val, a professor at Sedalia College, a fictional college in Sedalia, Ohio, and Teddy Hannah-Dullard as one of her students. It is the first feature film produced by the college's film department.

Synopsis
Val Martin is a professor at the quiet, idyllic Sedalia College. A popular professor among students, she is working towards her tenure when everything at Sedalia is turned on it's head by the announcement that controversial right-wing journalist Jacob Spinner, an alum, will be returning to do a talk. Val's students Trey, and Marisa begin organizing a protest among the students despite pushback from their peers while Val is thrown into the middle of everything when she is asked to host Spinner in order to calm down the controversy. Worse, her chance at tenure depends on it. With teacher and student on a collision course, everything comes down to the night of Spinner's speech.

Filming
The film went into production in early 2019. Production wrapped on February 9, 2019.

Locations
Filming took place primarily in Gambier and Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Release
The film is scheduled for a release in late 2019.