This screening includes Ganja & Hess
- Date and time:
- Fri, Aug 29, 2014, From 6:30–8:23 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 53 min
- Cost:
- Free, but ticketed
Series: Underground Film Series, Blaxploitation Horror of the 1970s
About Ganja & Hess
- Rating:
- Year Released:
- 1973
- Format:
- Virtual
- Genres:
- Horror, Experimental
- Metadata:
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. This cult classic was restored by the Museum of Modern Art with support from The Film Foundation.