Pleading the Blood : Bill Gunn's <i>Ganja & Hess</i> /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sieving, Christopher (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2022]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gunn, Bill, > 1934-1989.
Gunn, Bill, > 1934-1989 > Criticism and interpretation.
Ganja & Hess (Motion picture : 1973)
PERFORMING ARTS / Individual Director
Cinema > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Noirs americains dans l'industrie cinematographique.
Noirs americains au cinema.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans in the motion picture industry.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Vampire films > History and criticism.
Film criticism.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Ganja & Hess : credits
  • Awakening : Kelly-Jordan enterprises and the black movie boom
  • Vision : Bill Gunn and the black man apart
  • Creation : the making of Ganja & Hess
  • Judgment : the reception and revival of Ganja & Hess
  • Resurrection : Ganja & Hess's life after death
  • Ganja & Hess after Gunn, Gunn after Ganja & Hess.

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