Gravitas Ventures to release Spike Lee’s Da Sweet Blood of Jesus in February

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Gravitas Ventures has announced their acquistion of the North American rights to DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS, Spike Lee's Kickstarter-funded reinterpretation of Bill Gunn's 1973 cult classic horror tale GANJA AND HESS, with plans to release the film theatrically and on video on demand starting on February 13, 2015.

DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS stars Stephen Tyrone Williams, Elvis Nolasco, and Zaraah Abrahams.

Along with the news of the film's distribution deal, we also have the synopsis and poster to share with ya below.

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 infliction but 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 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."

The film was produced by Chiz Schultz (who also produced GANJA AND HESS) and Spike Lee, co-produced by Jason Sokoloff, with cinematography by Daniel Patterson, costume design by Ruth E. Carter, production design by Kay Lee, and editing by Randy Wilkins.

I've rather enjoyed several of Lee's films and think that he's a truly talented filmmaker. Sure, OLDBOY was a disappointment to say the least, but Lee has delivered plenty of other entertaining films before. I'm curious to check this one out.

Look for DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS to hit theaters and VOD starting February 13, 2015.