Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Frenzied, urgent...an outpouring of furiously expressive symbolism.
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Spike Lee’s latest, DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS is a new kind of love story, one that centers on an addiction to blood that once doomed a long forgotten ancient African tribe. When Dr. Hess Green (Stephen Tyrone Williams) is introduced to a mysteriously cursed artifact by an art curator, Lafayette Hightower (Elvis Nolasco), he is uncontrollably drawn into a newfound thirst for blood that overwhelms his soul. He, however, is not a vampire. Lafayette quickly succumbs to the ravenous nature of the affliction but it leaves Hess a transformed man. Soon Lafayette's wife, Ganja Hightower (Zaraah Abrahams), comes looking for her husband and becomes involved in a dangerous romance with Hess that calls into question the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status in our seemingly sophisticated society. A reinterpretation of Bill Gunn's cult horror film "Ganja & Hess," which played as a Critics' Choice at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, Spike Lee's stylized thriller features an original score by Bruce Hornsby.
Genre
African-American Experience,
Comedy,
Romance,
Thriller/Suspense
Runtime
117
Language
English
Director
Spike Lee
Cast
Stephen Tyrone Williams,
Elvis Nolasco,
Rami Malek
Played at
Playhouse 7 2.13.15 - 2.19.15
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