Ganja & Hess (1973)
April 20, 1973Release Date

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Cast & Crew.

Marlene Clark
Ganja Meda

Duane Jones
Dr. Hess Green

Bill Gunn
George Meda / Writer / Director

Sam Waymon
Rev. Luther Williams / Original Music Composer

Leonard Jackson
Archie

Candece Tarpley
Girl in Bar

Richard Harrow
Dinner Guest

John Hoffmeister
Jack Sargent

Betty Barney
Singer in Church

Mabel King
Queen of Myrthia

Betsy Thurman
Poetess

Enrico Fales
Dr. Green’s Son

Tommy Lane
Pimp

Tara Fields
Woman with Baby

Allan Kelly
Producer

Jack Jordan
Executive Producer

Victor Kanefsky
Editor

Chiz Schultz
Producer

James E. Hinton
Director of Photography

Quentin Kelly
Executive Producer

Tom H. John
ProductionDesigner
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Details.
Release DateApril 20, 1973
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 53m
Content RatingR
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This Movie Is About.
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Ganja & Hess is a 1973 American black horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones. The film follows the exploits of anthropologist Dr. Hess Green (Jones), who becomes a vampire after his intelligent but unstable assistant (Gunn) stabs him with an ancient cursed dagger. Green falls in love with his assistant's widow, Ganja (Clark), who learns Green's dark secret.
It is one of only two films in which the lead role was played by Jones, best known for starring in the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead (though he had bit parts in other movies). The film was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival. It was remade by Spike Lee in 2014 as Da Sweet Blood of Jesus.
In 2024, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
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