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Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
1980.
Language
English
Description
This entirely African American-conceived and produced ensemble drama is the result of a collaboration of a pair of pioneering Black artists: writer Ishmael Reed and filmmaker Bill Gunn, who wrote and directed the underground classic Ganja & Hess and wrote the screenplay for Hal Ashby's The Landlord. Originally intended to air on public television in 1980, it went unseen for many years; the original tapes have been carefully restored and the film...
2) Ganja & Hess
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
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...
3) Waves
Language
English
Description
Traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family as they navigate love, forgiveness, & coming together after a loss-a heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion & growth even in dark times.
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