| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 113 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound |
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digital |
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video file MPEG-4 Flash |
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Title from title frames. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1973. |
| Summary |
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn's revolutionary independent film Ganja and Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the living dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant's beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja (Marlene Clark) comes searching for her vanished husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power there is in the blood Later recut and released in an inferior version, this Kino Classics edition represents the original release, restored by The Museum of Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation, and mastered in HD from a 35mm negative. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Blaxploitation films.
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Horror films.
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Sex -- Drama.
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Religion -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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Anthropologists -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989, director, actor.
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Jones, Duane, actor.
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Clark, Marlene, 1949- actor.
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Ganja and Hess |
| Music No. |
1114059 Kanopy |
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