Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Now Available for Instant Streaming; Special Video Message
John Squires
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Set for theatrical release next month, Spike Lee’s pseudo-remake of 1973’s Ganja & Hess, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, has arrived early. The film is exclusively available for rental through Vimeo, and you can start watching as soon as you’d like!
“I’m hyped on my partnership with Vimeo to get my new joint, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, out to the world in a new way,” said Spike Lee. “This is the future of film distribution. Please join us.”
The film is available in the U.S. for a $9.99 24-hour streaming rental or $14.99 digital download. Head over to Vimeo on Demand to stream it!
Look for Da Sweet Blood of Jesus on the big screen February 13, 2015.
Zaraah Abrahams, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Michael K. Williams, Felicia Pearson, Steven Hauck, and Elvis Nolasco star in the film, which focuses on human beings who are addicted to blood.
Synopsis:
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 is introduced to a mysteriously cursed artifact by art curator Lafayette Hightower, 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 infliction but leaves Hess a transformed man.
Soon Lafayette’s wife, Ganja Hightower, comes looking for her husband and becomes involved in a dangerous romance with Hess that questions the very nature of love, addiction, sex, and status in our seemingly sophisticated society. A reinterpretation of Bill Gunn’s horror cult 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.
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