Pleading the Blood: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess

by Christopher Sieving

Book Overview

The definitive look at one of the most important Black art films and original filmmakers of the 1970s.

Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess (1973) has across the decades attained a sizable cult following among African American cinema devotees, art house aficionados, and horror fans, thanks to its formal complexity and rich allegory. Pleading the Blood is the first full-length study of this cult classic.

Ganja & Hess...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253059208
• ISBN13: 9780253059208
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher