| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 113 min.)) : sd., col. |
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digital rda |
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video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by Bill Gunn. |
| Cast |
Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, Bill Gunn, Sam Waymon, Leonard Jackson, Mabel King. |
| Summary |
Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and horror, Bill Gunn's revolutionary independent film Ganja & 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), bestowing upon him 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 missing husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power blood holds. |
| Audience |
Rated R. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Vampires -- Drama.
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Sex -- Drama.
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Christianity -- Drama.
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African Americans -- Drama.
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Anthropologists -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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Murder -- Drama.
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| Genre |
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Gunn, Bill, 1934-1989, director, actor.
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Schultz, Chiz, film producer.
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Jones, Duane, actor.
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Clark, Marlene, 1949- actor.
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Waymon, Sam, actor, composer (expression)
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Jackson, Leonard, actor.
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King, Mabel, 1932-1999, actor.
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Hinton, James E., 1936-2006, director of photography.
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Kanefsky, Victor, editor of moving image work.
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hoopla digital.
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| Added Title |
Ganja and Hess |
| Music No. |
MWT15390200 |
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