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On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss the subject of the latest issue Ryan Coogler's Sinners and then review Grand Tour from the portuguese auteur Miguel Gomes. Finally, for film club, we revisit Bill Gunn's elegant vampiric romance Ganja & Hess.Joining host Leila Latif are David Jenkins and Kambole Campbell.Truth & Movies is the podcast from the film experts at Little White Lies, where along with selected colleagues and friends, they discuss the latest movie releases. Truth & Movies has all your film needs covered, reviewing the latest releases big and small, talking to some of the most exciting filmmakers, keeping you across important industry news, and reassessing great films from days gone by with the Truth & Movies Film Club.Email: truthandmovies@tcolondon.comBlueSky and Instagram: @LWLiesProduced by TCO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the thirtieth episode of Season 11: The Son of Cult Flicks, Kyle is joined by editor Kristi Shimek and cinematographer Ezra Balcha to discuss the ethereal and experimental black vampire film from artist Bill Gunn that utilizes rich metaphor, hallucinatory ambiance, and raw sexuality to make a commentary on the assumptions of black culture and what might be the monstrous realities behind those assumptions in Ganja & Hess (1973).

Nicholas Forster is an assistant professor of Cinema Studies at the University of Oregon. He talks about his interest in cinema and Black performance, and the book he is writing about Bill Gunn, an unsung hero of Black filmmaking. Research Notes: Stephen Rodgers is the Edmund A. Cykler Chair in Music and Professor of Music Theory and Musicianship at the School of Music and Dance at the University of Oregon. He talks about his project: Art-Music-Performance—a mobile performance and exhibition space.

Back together again! Cameron was in Baltimore for the week, so this episode was actually done in person, which was much needed because we had a lot to say on this one.  1970's The Landlord might sound good on paper (Hal Ashby, Bill Gunn, Louis Gossett Jr., Beau Bridges) but it plays out like some of the worst mishmash of hippie dreams and racial politics. A nepo baby buys a building in Harlem and...well... We discuss all the ways this went wrong as well upholding the sanctity of the third level of caucacity.  Youtube is being awful, but we're still trying to upload our live show so hopefully that will be everywhere soon! We also have some fun episodes and guests coming up in the next few weeks, starting with our next episode which covers 4 time Olympic gold medalist Kevin Durant's only foray into acting, Thunderstruck! 

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad take us back to July 26th 1999 for a wild edition of Monday Night RAW. The Vince McMahon and Steve Austin feud is in full swing with Austin throwing McMahon out of RAW with some help from his pal, good ol JR. We see the Big Show beat both Kane and The Undertaker, Double J put Hollywood superstar Ben Stiller in the figure four, and The Rock defeat Bill Gunn and Chyna in our main event. This is a crazy time in the WWF, but also in the WCW and Eric discusses it all. BABBEL - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/WEEKS. Rules and restrictions may apply. BLUECHEW - Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code 83WEEKS at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That's https://bluechew.com/, promo code 83WEEKS to receive your first month FREE SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at https://www.savewithconrad.com ADVERTISE WITH ERIC - If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on 83 Weeks. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to https://www.podcastheat.com/advertise now and find out more about advertising with 83 Weeks. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCqQc7Pa1u4plPXq-d1pHqQ/join BECOME A 83 WEEK MEMBER NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@83weeks/membership Get all of your 83 Weeks merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of 83 Weeks, Eric and Conrad take us back to July 26th 1999 for a wild edition of Monday Night RAW. The Vince McMahon and Steve Austin feud is in full swing with Austin throwing McMahon out of RAW with some help from his pal, good ol JR. We see the Big Show beat both Kane and The Undertaker, Double J put Hollywood superstar Ben Stiller in the figure four, and The Rock defeat Bill Gunn and Chyna in our main event. This is a crazy time in the WWF, but also in the WCW and Eric discusses it all. BABBEL - Get up to 60% off at Babbel.com/WEEKS. Rules and restrictions may apply. BLUECHEW - Try BlueChew FREE when you use our promo code 83WEEKS at checkout--just pay $5 shipping. That's https://bluechew.com/, promo code 83WEEKS to receive your first month FREE SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at https://www.savewithconrad.com ADVERTISE WITH ERIC - If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on 83 Weeks. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to https://www.podcastheat.com/advertise now and find out more about advertising with 83 Weeks. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCqQc7Pa1u4plPXq-d1pHqQ/join BECOME A 83 WEEK MEMBER NOW: https://www.youtube.com/@83weeks/membership Get all of your 83 Weeks merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HORROR WITH SIR. STURDY EPISODE 498 MEMORY LANE: DIVING INTO GANJA AND HESS 

My Guest is KIM WESTON-MORAN, Actress/Producer/Director/Teacher. Kim is CEO of RA/RHYTHMCOLOR Associates and Founder/Producing Artistic Director of POTPOURRI! World Works Series, in it's 8th year. She was Associate Prod. for the National Black Touring Circuit for 7 yrs.A veteran award-winning actress known for her character work. Kim has shared the stage with phenomenal artists, including: Minnie Gentry, Bill Gunn, Roxie Roker, Phyllcia Rashad, Gylan Kain, Patricia O'Connell, Anthony Chisholm, Ellen Dolan, S. Epatha Merkinson, Charles Weldon, Barbara Montgomery, Reggie Montgomery, Marjorie Johnson, Count Stovall, Bill Cobbs, Dominique Morisseau and Darnell Williams. It is a great episode that evokes wonderful memories of being in the theater in New York City in the 70's forward. And you get to know who her famous father was!Produced, directed, edited and hosted by Stephen E Davis

The ghouls of the HV Crypt are joined by Maisha Wester to discuss a legendary piece of Black gothic cinema: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess! Join the Gothic Futures Summer Institute: https://gothiccentre.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events/gothic-futures-summer-institute Preorder Jon's new books: www.collectiveinkbooks.com/zer0-books/…ernst-bloch bookshop.org/p/books/capitalism…?ean=9781914420887 Discuss your favorite technically not vampires with Horror Vanguard at: bsky.app/profile/horrorvanguard.bsky.social www.instagram.com/horrorvanguard/ www.horrorvanguard.com You can support the show for less than the cost of recutting your director's movie against his will because the investors didn't think it would do well, but, surprise, it's actually one of the greatest movies of the 1970s at www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard

On this episode just in time for Valentine's Day, I'm continuing my Black History Horror month series by finally talking about Ganja and Hess (1973). This Blaxploitation film directed by Bill Gunn is one of my absolute favorites and is one of the sexiest vampire films ever. It's spoiler free and for the lover in you...the vampire lover, that is. The artist on my podcast playlist is Hiatus Kaiyote. Game Over! tee in profile pic by DethInk Tees. https://dethink.bigcartel.com/product/game-over-man-game-over

This week, Dave and Bryan celebrate Black History Month with a look at Bill Gunn's delirious 1973 vampire movie, Ganja & Hess, which stars Gunn, Marlene Clark, and Duane Jones from Night of the Living Dead. It's a sleepy, dreamy art film about black identity, gender, class, and the loneliness of a man without ancestry as damaged people deal with themes of blackness in America through the gauzy lens of a vampire movie. Often lumped in with blaxploitation movies like Blacula and Shaft, it is anything but. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEM9oEKC1Ow --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bring-me-the-axe/message

My Guest is KIM WESTON-MORAN, Actress/Producer/Director/Teacher. Kim is CEO of RA/RHYTHMCOLOR Associates and Founder/Producing Artistic Director of POTPOURRI! World Works Series, in it's 8th year. She was Associate Prod. for the National Black Touring Circuit for 7 yrs.A veteran award-winning actress known for her character work. Kim has shared the stage with phenomenal artists, including: Minnie Gentry, Bill Gunn, Roxie Roker, Phyllcia Rashad, Gylan Kain, Patricia O'Connell, Anthony Chisholm, Ellen Dolan, S. Epatha Merkinson, Charles Weldon, Barbara Montgomery, Reggie Montgomery, Marjorie Johnson, Count Stovall, Bill Cobbs, Dominique Morisseau and Darnell Williams. It is a great episode that evokes wonderful memories of being in the theater in New York City in the 70's forward. And you get to know who her famous father was!

In a series we are calling Criminally Forgotten, we pluck out discarded, overlooked or misunderstood gems from the past.  In this episode, we unearth a relic from the archives, Bill Gunn's 1973 art/horror/vampire movie Ganja & Hess . Gunn, a literate, smart, cultured person who came from the Theatre and the literary arts was tasked with replicating the immense success of the iconic African-American vampire film, Blacula (1972).  What he produced instead was a complete departure from the tropes of the vampire genre, creating a meditative, artistic, dream like movie that utilizes what some critics have called, "Haptic visualization".  The writer Donato Totaro describes Haptic cinema as; "... unlike Western ocularcentrism, which values sight as the greatest epistemological sense, intercultural cinema embraces the proximal senses (smell, taste, touch) as a means for embodying knowledge and cultivating memory” (Donato Totaro, Canadian Journal of Film Studies) Ganja & Hess has been cited as an important film in the African-American canon, as it dispels stereotypes of Blaxploitation and African-American culture promoting an art house, experimental style more notable in Foreign cinema at the time.  Join Azed and Tom as they discuss this unique horror film...just in time for Halloween!! "If Shaft is Barry White and Melvin Van Peebles's Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song is the Sex Pistols, then Ganja & Hess is John Cage". Jaime N. Christley, Slant Magazine

Welcome to It's A Wonderful Podcast!! One of the most unique vampire movies in history on this week's main show as Morgan and Jeannine return to the world of early 70s Black movies and discuss Bill Gunn's GANJA & HESS (1973) starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark! An artsy, symbolic exploration of addiction, personal identity, power and disillusionment; the word vampire may never be said, but the immortality and thirst for blood is more than enough to let us know that this is a seminal vampire movie! Our Youtube Channel for Monday Madness on video, Morgan Hasn't Seen TV, Retro Trailer Reactions & More ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvACMX8jX1qQ5ClrGW53vow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ The It's A Wonderful Podcast Theme by David B. Music. Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ IT'S A WONDERFUL PODCAST STORE:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://its-a-wonderful-podcast.creator-spring.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sub to the feed and download now on Anchor, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox, Amazon Music & more and be sure to rate, review and SHARE AROUND!! Keep up with us on Twitter: Podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ItsAWonderful1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Morgan: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/Th3PurpleDon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jeannine: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/JeannineDaBean⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Keep being wonderful!! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/itsawonderfulpodcast/support

Continuing on with our 70's vampire theme, we're excited to talk about Bill Gunn's amazing film, Ganja & Hess!

n these episodes (#296 and #297): Buckle up! On location in St. Louis…my guests tonight are veteran coaches that have had a lot of experience with success on and off the court. Now retired from the coaching profession and moving into the business world, these talented coaches share their wisdom from what they have learned throughout their coaching career. My thanks to Coach Gunn and Coach Matzen for sharing their perspective. Part 1: July 19, 2023 Part 2: July 26, 2023 Guests: Bill Gunn and Shane Matzen

In these episodes (#296 and #297): Buckle up! On location in St.Louis…my guests tonight are veteran coaches that have had a lot of experience with success on and off the court. Now retired from the coaching profession and moving into the business world, these talented coaches share their wisdom from what they have learned throughout their coaching career. My thanks to Coach Gunn and Coach Matzen for sharing their perspective. Part 1: July 19, 2023 Part 2: July 26, 2023 Guests: Bill Gunn and Shane Matzen

Welcome back to KI-NO THANKS! Our subseries here on the STACKS where we talk about the worst (or supposedly worst) movies of ALL time. Today, we kick off a short Spike Lee season, by talking about two REMAKES Spike directed in the mid-2010s. Oldboy (2013) based on Park Chan-Wook's incredible Oldboy (2003), and Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014) based on Bill Gunn's monumental blaxploitation film Ganja & Hess (1973). We talk about Spike as a creative voice, our history with the original films, and how these remakes differ! Stephen also took a deep dive into the original Oldboy manga... and has thoughts. All questions and recommendations to thestacksonfilm@gmail.com The Brand New And Rather Incredible STACKS Gaming Channel ⁠ ⁠THE STACKS PATREON⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Everything Jack does⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Everything Stephen does⁠⁠ Stay STACKING xxx

Grab your body glitter and avoid the shadow of the cross because we're talking Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess (1973) for its 50th anniversary! Along for the ride is Brother Ghoulish himself, Ryan Kinney, who brings keen insight into the intersection between colonialism, vampirism and religion.Plus: celebrating Marlene Clark's iconic performance, the film's visualization of black bodies, debating the villainy of the titular characters, Gunn's status as a black gay filmmaker in the 70s, and Trace's disgust over brushing your teeth in the bath.References:-Ayi Kwei Armah. Two Thousand Seasons, 1973-Manthia Diawara and Phyllis Klotman. "Ganja and Hess: Vampires, sex and addictions." Jump Cut-Christopher Sieving. Pleading the Blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja and Hess, Indiana University Press, 2022Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners> Trace: @tracedthurman> Joe: @bstolemyremote> Ryan: @brotherghoulishBe sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You know I want you to live forever? Join Reneé, John Paul, and Travis as they discuss Bill Gunn's 1973 horror film "Ganja & Hess."   Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodmortem    Where to listen to the podcast and follow us on social media: https://allmylinks.com/thepodmortem   Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepodmortem https://twitter.com/bloodandsmoke https://twitter.com/realstreeter84 https://twitter.com/travismwh   What would you rate Ganja & Hess and what should we watch next? Email us at thepodmortem@gmail.com    "Pod Mortem Theme" written and performed by Travis Hunter. https://youtube.com/travismwh

Heather Drain and Leon Chase join Mike to kick-off Black History Month with a look at Bill Gunn's 1973 film Ganja & Hess which stars Duane Jones as Hess Green, a scholar who is stabbed with an ancient dagger by a crazed house guest, the husband of Ganja Meda (Marlene Clark). Hess is resurrected and helps Ganja be reborn as well. The two are now addicted to blood in one of the most unusual vampire films around.Special guests musician Sam Waymon and author Christopher Sieving (Pleading the Blood: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess) discuss the behind-the-scenes of Gunn's seminal sophomore film.

Heather Drain and Leon Chase join Mike to kick-off Black History Month with a look at Bill Gunn's 1973 film Ganja & Hess which stars Duane Jones as Hess Green, a scholar who is stabbed with an ancient dagger by a crazed house guest, the husband of Ganja Meda (Marlene Clark). Hess is resurrected and helps Ganja be reborn as well. The two are now addicted to blood in one of the most unusual vampire films around.Special guests musician Sam Waymon and author Christopher Sieving (Pleading the Blood: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess) discuss the behind-the-scenes of Gunn's seminal sophomore film.

With an award-winning filmography that includes the epochal Civil Rights series Eyes on the Prize, 2020's MLK/FBI, and 2021's Citizen Ashe, among many others, documentarian Sam Pollard has changed the way we read history. Pollard is also an editor and producer, working with filmmakers like Spike Lee and Bill Gunn. Simply put, the guy is a legend. Which brings us to his latest film, the new two-part documentary Bill Russell: Legend, which digs deep into the life and career of one of the greatest basketball players of all time. The winner of a record 11 championships with the Boston Celtics from 1956 to 1969, including two as a player coach, Bill Russell broke many boundaries, both on the court and off. Pollard's film is a remarkably nuanced portrait of a complex figure who, as a record-breaking athlete and active participant in the Civil Rights movement, stood at the intersections of sports, celebrity, and race in America. FC co-deputy editor Clinton Krute invited Pollard on the podcast to discuss his new film with scholar Samantha N. Sheppard, whose 2020 book Sporting Blackness: Race, Embodiment, and Critical Muscle Memory on Screen is an expansive analysis of sports documentaries and representations of Blackness on screen. We discussed the intensive research process behind the film, how the genre of the sports documentary can be used to rewrite history, and the legacy and life of Russell, who passed away in July 2022.

Bad blood runs between them! This week, Peaches and Michael honor one of vampirism's most elegant duos by celebrating 1973's GANJA & HESS! In addition to discussing this burgeoning classic's place among the arthouse undead, our hosts delve into the horror idol status of the incomparable Duane Jones. Joining the conversation is acclaimed actor Verton Banks, who not only speaks to a lifetime of love for the film, but contextualizes filmmaker Bill Gunn's place in Black cinema history. Then, celebrated host and self-proclaimed “Gay Horror Blerd” Mark O. Estes stops by to dig into the many lenses with which one can unpack this dream-like masterpiece. From unapologetic nudity to extreme church services, this episode has it all! Go! 

Another Drusilla-less episode, but not to worry. Josh is joined by the fabulous Nay Bever, producer of Shudder's Queer for Fear, to discuss Bill Gunn's legendary Ganja & Hess. From wiki:“Ganja & Hess is a 1973 American blaxploitation horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones.  It is one of only two films in which the lead role was played by Duane Jones, best known for starring in the 1968 film Night of the Living Dead (though he had bit parts in other movies). The film was screened at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[1] It was remade by Spike Lee in 2014 as Da Sweet Blood of Jesus. Also mentioned: Attack of the Queer Wolf, Queer for Fear, Midnight Club, Smile, Barbarian, Tawny Cypress, Kevin Williamson, Crimes of Passion, Lair of the White Wyrm, Horror Noire, Duane Jones, Bill Gunn, Blackula, Marlene Clark, The Hunger, Michael St. Michaels the Greasy Strangler, He Watches (by Joshua Conkel!), Spike Lee, Da Sweet Blood of Jesus, Tupac, Colin Powell, George Romero, Condoleezza Rice, Stacy Dash, CluelessNEXT WEEK: Cat People (1942)Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/ Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/Joshua's Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoshuaConkel Joshua's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkelNay's twitter: https://twitter.com/naybeverNay's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/naybever/

Episode 44: It's still One Fucking 'Tober over here and we're covering horror flicks all month. This week, we're going one fucking hour on the one-of-a-kind GANJA & HESS (1973), the experimental vampire horror film written and directed by American renaissance man Bill Gunn and starring NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD's Duane Jones. DOWNLOAD the Video Watchdog article mentioned in this week's episode: https://tinyurl.com/ganjawatchdog

Gay homosexuals Nick and Joseph discuss Ganja & Hess - a 1973 experimental horror film written and directed by Bill Gunn and starring Marlene Clark and Duane Jones. Additional topics include: RuPaul's Secret Celebrity Drag Race, Ned Fulmer trying cheating, Sherri Shepherd's talk show, Lionel Dahmer's parenting, the death of Coolio, and too many films to mention. Want to send them stuff? Fish Jelly PO Box 461752 Los Angeles, CA 90046 Venmo @fishjelly Nick's Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/lamour-de-nico/pl.u-PDb4zlpsLVrvqE1 Joseph's Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/josephs-vibe/pl.u-6mo448yuBWzNE1 Check them out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChVV6ezEYnPv9XaLZtUlZdw Nick's IG: ragingbells Joseph's IG: joroyolo --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fish-jelly/support

We wrap up our series on independent African American auteurs that made landmark films with Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess (1973). Follow us at: Patreon / Twitter / Instagram / Letterboxd / Facebook 

It's weird science. Sasha Banks joins Lauren and Jared on the pod this week to talk about a late 90's gem, Mimic. There was a lot of drama behind the scenes of del Toro's commissioned film. Even though he was Bill Gunn-ed in the end, there is still a lot to look at in Mimic. We discuss classicism, access, and how we determine value in this week's crit. Have you signed up for our newsletter? Check our most recent newsletter here and sign up to stay in the loop! Time Stamps:13:40 - Negronomicon27:34 - Crit1:25:52 - Final curlsFind Us Online- Website: www.scarycritpodcast.com- Twitter: http://twitter.com/scarycritpodcast- Instagram: http://instagram.com/scarycritpodcast   And Find our Wonderful Guest Critter, Sasha Banks! - Instagram: https://instagram.com/king__banksBuy their book here: https://americamine.bigcartel.com/product/america-mineCredits- Host and Producer: Lauren La Melle - instagram.com/laurenlamelle | twitter.com/laurenlamelle | Website: www.laurenlamelle.com- Host and Editor: Jared Hudson - instagram.com/blossomsandbooks93 | Gems from E57:america, MINE (Sasha Banks, co-im-press, 2020, Print)Twin Peaks (1990)Eraserhead (1977)The Night House (2021)The Conjuring (2013)Get Out (2017)The Gift (2015)Eve's Bayou (1997)Harriet (2019)Severance (2022)Homecoming (2018)Black Mirror (2011)Blade Runner 2049 (2017)Groundhog Day (1993)Fargo (1996)Into the Wild (2007)Mimic (1997)The Descent (2005)The Godfather (1972)Oliver and Company (1988)Mimic (Donald A. Wollheim, 1942, Print)The Walking Dead (2010)Murder, She Wrote (1984)Ghostbusters (1984)Ghostbusters (2016)In the Heat of the Night (1967)Hey Arnold! (1996)Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)Hook (1991)I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)Grey Gardens (1975)Serial Mom (1994)Finding Your Roots (2012)The Stepford Wives (2005)The Producers (2005)Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)Artist Unknown (TBD)Spencer (2021)Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore (2022)

In 1973, filmmaker Bill Gunn's vampire/addiction movie Ganja & Hess was a sensation at the Cannes Film Festival. Starring Duane Jones, Marlene Clark, musician Sam Waymon, and Gunn himself, this mysterious, fascinating film should have been an arthouse sensation in the States. Instead it played a single New York theater for two weeks, before it was pulled and eventually re-edited in a more conventional manner for the exploitation market. I talked with Christopher Sieving, author of Pleading the Blood: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess, about the film, Gunn's greatest works, and the career that this remarkable director, writer, and actor should have had. More information about Pleading the Blood: Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess. The soundtrack for Ganja & Hess has been released by Howling Wolf Records. The show is available on Spotify, PocketCasts, Breaker, Stitcher, Anchor, Google, Radio Public, and YouTube. Watching Classic Movies podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts! If you are enjoying the show, please give it a 5-star review and share it with your friends. Like the podcast? Want to hear more frequent episodes? Click on the Support button here. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/k-cruver/support

 On this episode we look at a genre and a sub-genre within that - Blaxploitation horror films! Blaxploitation was a genre that existed for only a short time in the 70s, but had a major impact. Together with our guest, Lord Blood-Rah, we'll discuss the origins of the genre and then take a look at several horror films that spun out of it.Blacula (1972) is probably the best-known of these films, and it's a well-done vampire story. William Marshall plays Prince Mamuwalde, who is turned into a vampire by Dracula himself. He awakens in modern day (1970s) Los Angeles and discovers what he believes to be his reincarnated wife. Of course, carnage ensues! It's a terrific, even scary film and you should see it if you haven't.It was followed up the next year by Scream Blacula Scream, which saw Blacula brought back to unlife by means of voodoo. Blacula once again stalks LA, but he tires of being a vampire and seeks a cure via voodoo priestess Pam Grier. Definitely the most unusual of the films we cover is Ganja and Hess (1973), which has been described as an experimental horror film or an art film. Whatever you want to call it, it is in a category all its own. The creation of writer/director Bill Gunn (who also acts in it), it tells the story of Dr. Hess Green, who is an expert on the ancient Myrthian people of Africa, who drank blood. He gets a new assistant who is completely insane and attacks him with a Myrthian artifact, which turns Hess into a vampire himself. Eventually Hess begins a relationship with Ganja, the wife of his former assistant, and she too becomes a vampire. The film is extremely moody and stark. Duane Jones, best known for his role as Ben in Night of the Living Dead, plays Hess.We follow these up by looking at Abby (1974), a take on The Exorcist, Sugar Hill (1974), a zombie revenge flick, and last but certainly not least, Rudy Ray Moore's Petey Wheatstraw, The Devil's Son-in-Law (1977), where the Dolemite actor takes on Satan himself. Certainly a variety of films to choose from!For our Sensor Sweep, Commander Larry shares a very appropriate book: Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to present by Robin R. Means-Coleman. This tome takes a deep look at the history of African Americans in horror films, and how their roles changed over time. There's also a documentary of the same name. Check it out!Don't forget, you can catch Lord Blood-Rah on LordBloodRah.com. There you can find links to his long-running series, Lord Blood-Rah's Nerve Wrackin' Theater, as well as his podcast, his Patreon series, and more. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, he will be hosting live sci fi and horror movies at the Orinda Theater every 3rd Saturday night of the month at 9:30 -there's a full bar too!  Creature Features day is a daylong celebration of  the original Bay Area Creature Features hosted by Bob Wilkins and later John Stanley, and will be held on April 24th at the Orinda Theater. More info can be found at LordBloodRah.com.That's all for now folks. We hope you enjoyed this extra-long episode! Send us your thoughts, suggestions, coupons...Twitter: https://twitter.com/Planet8CastFacebook: www.Facebook.com/Planet8PodcastYouTube: https://youtube.com/Planet8podcastThanks for listening!

Our Back in Black month comes to a close with a Blaxploitation classic, Bill Gunn's Ganja and Hess! The discovery of lust, addiction, and murder flows all over the screen in Bill Gunn's classic! Next month, we celebrate the Spring Soltice with a deep dive into films focusing on witches and witchcraft with our Season of the Witch month! Starting with Rob Zombie's The Lords of Salem!————————————————————— Want to keep the horror chats alive? Want to join a super awesome community that truly loves the genre and Knight Light? Want to have access to exclusive content? Sounds like you should join our Discord! ————————————————————— Want access to this show ad-free as early as Monday and to our post-show? Then, head over to our Patreon in the links below to see how you can gain access five days before release on podcast services!Want to be a part of the growth of GoodKnight? Support us at these links! WEBSITE | PATREON | TWITTER | PRINCE | FREDDY | DAVID See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Weddings! Beddings! Bloodshed! This week we're continuing to illuminate black creators by covering Bill Gunn's vampire horror film GANJA AND HESS. Whether you've seen Bill Gunn's artful original version, or the highly edited "Blaxploitation" version dubbed BLOOD COUPLE, this film will solidify itself in your memory as a standout in low-budget 1970's horror. Next week we're watching THE WOLF HOUSE. Stay spoopy ya'll! Timestamps: 0:00:18 Intro 0:02:34 Hellos 0:04:39 Housekeeping 0:05:15 WWW 0:29:31 Ganja and Hess 0:32:35 Writer/Director 0:40:54 Blood Couple 0:42:42 Spoilers 0:42:50 Synopsis 0:43:46 Plot 1:35:14 Pros/Cons 1:43:02 Ratings/GG Ratings 1:44:46 Next Week: THe Wolf House 1:45:51 Goodbyes The Grindhouse Girls Podcast is created by Katie Dale and Brit Ray and edited by N. R. Moody. Royalty free music used: Ready Set Go and Outro White Smoke Copyright 2020 Grindhouse Girls Podcast This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Kim tells Ket about the 1973 art house film, Ganja & Hess. The girls are so excited to see their old friend, Duane Jones, without that pesky Barbler around (see episode 64). Kim schools us on the requirements of an assistant. Unbeknownst to many, you're not supposed to ax your employer. Also, for the first time, Kim gets two points on an episode where Ket is trying to stay alive!! Most importantly, we'll learn if Ket will live or die in Ganja and Hess.Dir. Bill Gunn, Lawrence JordanWriter Bill GunnListen to season 1 of our new horror trivia pod!KIM AND KET'S SURVIVE THE CELLARlink.chtbl.com/kkstc KKSAM Facebook Discussion Group!!"Sammies Stay Alive... Maybe"www.facebook.com/groups/kksampodcast Get acquainted with all things KIM & KET at www.kimandketstayalive.com Chat with the girls at kksampodcast@gmail.comPeep the girls on Instagram: @kksampodcastTwit the girls on Twitter: @kksampodcastBook the face of the girls on Facebook: @kksampodcastWear the shirts of the girls from the MERCH Store: kimandketstayalivemaybe.threadless.comSupport the girls on PATREON at: www.patreon.com/kimandketstayalivemaybeOk we'll see ourselves out.Thanks for listening!xo and #StayAlive,K&K Proud members of the Dread Podcast NetworkSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In continuation of celebrating black horror, Dana & Kypria are joined by special guest and friend Lakeshia Williams. Lakeisha is an avid Jiu Jitsu practitioner, Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician's Assistant and fellow horror movie lover. Together they experience Bill Gunn's 1973 low budget blaxploitation vampire horror 'Ganja & Hess' which brought upon feelings of shock and confusion. Kypria and Lakeshia reflect on society's reaction to black people in non stereotypical roles in film and in their personal encounters. Kypria gives a PSA on black mental health awareness. Also: Woke Google no longer uses the word "hoe". The ridiculous scene that deserved its own credit. Does the Director like foot play?

Bill Gunn's experimental blaxploitation vampire film go a remake several years ago by none other than Spike Lee. Did you know that? Because I sure didn't. 00:00 Intro and Other Watches This Week 10:19 Ganja & Hess 30:20 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 41:53 Outro and Picks for Next Week

This month's theme is Love Bites and this week, Jensen pulled Ganja & Hess from 1973 directed by Bill Gunn out of the Body Bag! We talk about the intense monologues that we got out of Bill Gunn himself, penis bath water, and a lot of V8 tomato juice. We also introduce our new game section brought on by Brittany herself! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thefrightcrew/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thefrightcrew/support

A film where a philosophy professor struggles with her more artistic husband. Kyle fights to keep up. Dave just wants to argue. The Machine is the most logical. Watch Kathleen Collins' lecture here: https://vimeo.com/203379245You can follow us on Letterboxd to see the entire list of movies we've talked about: https://letterboxd.com/kdvstm/Watch the trailer for Losing Ground here: https://youtu.be/5cKLqLuZJzsOur sponsors this week are:  ATB Cares - https://www.atbcares.com - ATB Cares makes it easy for all Albertans to support the causes they care about. In addition to your donation ATB will match 20% of every dollar donated to to an annual limit of $360,000 to Alberta-based, non-religious charities. Eligible charities may receive up to $5,000 in matching per year. Individual donations qualify for a maximum donation match of $500. The Alberta Podcast Network - https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.com - They promote and support Alberta-made podcasts, and connect their audiences with Alberta-based businesses and organizations. Check out Three Kitchens here: https://threekitchenspodcast.buzzsprout.com - a new home cooking podcast. Whether you enjoy cooking or just like good food, join us every Tuesday as we share recipes, tips and kitchen adventures. Send feedback to kyleanddavevsthemachine@gmail.comKyle and Dave vs The Machine is a proud member of The Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown. Community supported. Here's their link again: https://www.albertapodcastnetwork.comKeep up to date with Kyle and Dave vs The Machine by following its social media channels: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kdvstmInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/kdvstm/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEZKUfH0IOp-lH5OQdIpvLwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/kdvstmThis week the Machine printed out: 01001101 01110101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01101100 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01100101 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01101101 01101111 01110010 01100101 00111111 00100000 01000101 01101001 01110100 01101000 01100101 01110010 00100000 01110000 01101100 01100001 01101001 01101110 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01100111 01110010 01100001 01101110 01100100 00111111 00100000 01001001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01100001 01101100 01110111 01100001 01111001 01110011 00100000 00100111 01101111 01110010 00100111 00111111 00100000 01001001 01110011 00100000 01101001 01110100 00100000 01101110 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 00100000 00100111 01100001 01101110 01100100 00100111 00111111 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

We have three delightful guests straight from Open Fist Theatre Company visiting the Gayborhood to discuss their fantastic play The Soldier Dreams! Conor Lane, Ethan Niven, and David Shofner join us to discuss the "phoenix rising from the ashes" experience that is returning to the West Coast premiere of Daniel MacIvor's daring gay romance after an era of pandemic. We hear all about their unique years-long rehearsal process, their paths to acting, and some powerful anecdotes about the importance of education - even if it's learning what not to do!  The Soldier Dreams plays at Los Angeles' Open Fist Theatre Company until December 12, 2021, and go on Instagram to follow Open Fist at @openfisttheatrecompany to get all the info about how to see Conor, Ethan, and David's wonderful performances. Plus, learn everything you can about the folx highlighted in this week's Gayborhood Watch: the iconic Miranda Priestley, Conor's former teacher Father G, the stars of We're Here, Crush by Richard Siken, author and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz, Bill Gunn of Ganja & Hess, horror mastermind Clive Barker, and casting director Mark Bennett (David's amazing husband, and it's a treat to hear David speak so movingly about their marriage!). And don't forget to follow @rogerq.mason, @lovell.holder, @miachanger, and @dgonzalezmusic on Instagram for all your Gayborhood updates!

Hop in your horror time machine, because we're going back to the 70's to watch the experimental horror film Ganja & Hess, written and directed by Bill Gunn. This blaxploitation horror created a blueprint that's prevalent in scary movies today. So honor the ancestors by watching this spooky film, and listening to all our bloody thoughts.________________________Join our Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thescifisigh?ltclid=74dee16e-c704-48b4-a577-240e80313ce7________________________Subscribe to our YouTube Channel-Wild, Wild Love:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9GIA4uF409uBzC-YXf-RQw

It's October and Schlock and Awe is getting into the Halloween Spirit.  And we are starting with a Feast.  Lindsay is joined by Film Theorist Ben Buckingham for a delicious Double Feature of Antonia Bird's Ravenous (1999) & Bill Gunn's Ganja and Hess (1973).  This is a wonderfully academic episode that really digs into who is eating who.  Let the Halloween Season Begin!!!   Listen to Ben on The Projection Booth Here   Follow Ben on Letterboxd @dissolvedpet/   Follow Schlock & Awe on Twitter @schlockandawe1 Follow Schlock & Awe on Instagram @schlockandawe1/ Follow Lindsay on Twitter @readandgeek   Please Rate and Review Schlock & Awe on Apple Podcasts   Original Music Composed and Performed by Anthony King

This week, Gavia and Morgan discuss "Ganja & Hess," Bill Gunn's classic experimental horror film, starring Duane Jones and Marlene Clark. Topics include the film's beleaguered initial release, its engagement with blaxploitation and vampire tropes, its unconventional narrative and visual style, and more.

Another great episode! We start this week talking about zombies! Haha! Then we transition into wrestling news for WWE, NJPW, AEW, and MLW. We also have an extensive discussion of Dark Side of the Ring, Collision in Korea.    Time Stamps: WWE Zombie Lumberjack Match (03:25) John Cena Returning (08:10) NXT Releases (08:54) NJPW News (14:14) Collision in Korea (28:30) AEW News (42:50) MLW News (47:16) Bill Gunn hates the Performance Center? (49:53)   Follow us on: Facebook @TigerDriverRadio https://www.facebook.com/TigerDriverRadio   Twitter @TigerDriverRad1 https://twitter.com/TigerDriverRad1   Instagram @tigerdriverradio https://www.instagram.com/tigerdriverradio/   Email us at: tigerdriverradio@gmail.com

Apologies for the less-than-stellar sound quality folks, we had a couple of last-minute snafus (which ought to be expected when one has put off uploading any new episodes for a yea), and we've got a slight delay in editing and polishing episode 1 of season 4.    Since I promised that the season would start today, the Ides of March (honestly, what was I thinking?), here's a rundown of what the season is going to look like.   In a lot of ways I'm starting from scratch here after a tumultuous year. We all know 2020 wasn't kind. In a few more hours, my episode on Salem's Lot will be up, but while you wait (patiently, I hope), here's a teaser.   Hello Friends. This is not the podcast you were looking for.   Due to an unfortunate series of last-minute snafus, the first episode of this season, Salem’s Lot, has been delayed by about 12 hours or so- not long, I promise! But I didn’t want to not release anything on the day I promised to, so I thought I’d use this opportunity to give you a rundown on what vampire stories you can expect me to cover for the next several months.   First up, very shortly I’ll be dropping an in-depth analysis of the 1075 Stephen King Novel, Salem’s Lot. I won’t be going into the 1979 TV miniseries so much, but maybe, if I get enough requests, I can do a small supplemental episode about the significance of the ways the TV adaptation diverges from the novel, and what those changes mean to any critical analysis of the story. I’ve had an idea for a while to release small episodes in between the big drops, so if that’s something you’d personally like to see, do reach out on social media and let me know.    Next, we’re going to be moving to a Friday release schedule beginning March 26th with the release of my deep dive of the indie vampire graphic novel, “Life Sucks.” I’ve been working on this one for almost a year, actually. If you like the Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV show, you might find the graphic novel worth hunting down and reading. I quite enjoyed it.   On April 9th I’ll be talking about Martin, George Romero’s take on the vampire genre. His take is deeply rooted in folklore in a way that few other modern vampire films have been, and I’m excited to tackle it. If you’re interested in a supplemental episode discussing various forms of undead creatures in mythologthy that have made their way into pop culture, from zombies to vampires to dragur, again, let me know. I think that might be fun but I’ll only add supplemental episodes if I get enough feedback   April 23rd’s episode will be all about Christoper Moore’s 1995 novel, Bloodsucking Fiends. It’s shocking to me to contend with the fact that this quirky gem of a vampire romantic comedy has had its 25th anniversary come and go already- it was definitely a book that was highly influential on me as a babybat vampire fan and scholar, and I hope all of you enjoy a bit of 90’s nostalgia alongside me.   Moving into May, I’m going to be doing a two-parter of sorts, with an episode concerning  Bill Gunn’s 1973 underrated black vampire classic romance, “Ganja and Hess” dropping on May 7th, which will be followed up with an episode about Spike Lee’s 2015 remake, “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” on May 21st. There’s a lot to be said about the pointed symbolism both filmmakers use in their own versions of the same story. I know you won’t be disappointed to learn more about that.   June 4th I’ll be revisiting an episode I covered all the way back in my podcast’s first season in 2018: a much more nuanced and in-depth analysis of the 1987 classic vampire film, “Near Dark.” So many of you have asked me for more information on that movie, and I am more than happy to oblige.   Another vampire story I’ve been asked to cover time and again is Gerorge R R Martin’s “vampire on the Mississippi” steamboat horror novel, “Fever Dream.” We all know that Martin can write tension, tragedy, and and heartbreak into the most fantastical stories, and Fevre Dream is no exception. If you liked well, the first few seasons of Game of Thrones anyway, I think you’ll really enjoy submerging yourself into the world building of Fevre Dream, as well. That episode drops June 18th.   Finally, on July 2nd and 17th, I’ll be releasing a much-anticipated 2-part deep dive into the world of Vampire: the Masquerade. There’s honestly just so much to say about this enormously popular RPG that I know I won’t be able to cover everything in 2 episodes, but I’ll be interviewing individuals with insight into the game over the years as part of my research process, and my Patreon supporters will get access to as many of those interviews as I am given permission to share. Definitely let me know if you have any specific questions you want answered in those episodes, because while a lot of the work is already done, I’ll do my best to accommodate any burning questions you might have.   After that, I’ll be taking the months of August and September off. That’s the height  hurricane season here on the Gulf of Mexico, so I’ll be taking a bit of downtime and working on the second have of 2021’s episodes of Rose Sinister: Vampires, returning in October, 2021.   And that’s it! Again, you only have to wait a little bit longer for my episode on Salem’s Lot. Until then, I hope you enjoy this sneak peek into upcoming episodes. If you’d like to avoid spoilers, please remember that none of my podcast episodes are spoiler-free, so be sure to get a head start on the stories before I cover them.   You can keep in touch with me online at Rose Sinister.com. I’m on instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and now- TikTok! I’ve also been planning a foray into Twitch for the longest time now- I’ve already reserved the Username Rose sinister which i use for all social media accounts, and you can expect some announcements about the Twitch channel in the next few months.    Remember, vampires may or may not have reflections, but their stories do. Their stories, of course, are reflections of us.    It’s good to be back.   Rose   www.rosesinister.com

On episode #5 of the Cine-Cast, Cine-File associate editor Ben Sachs and contributor JB Mabe talk about the upcoming Ingmar Bergman series at the Gene Siskel Film Center; Ben and contributors Kyle Cubr, John Dickson and Dmitry Samarov discuss the Doc Films summer schedule; Mabe interviews Raul Benitez, film programmer for Comfort Film at Comfort Station Logan Square and lead programmer for Chicagoland Shorts Volume 4 for Full Spectrum Features; and Ben and contributor Harrison Sherrod chat about the Bill Gunn films GANJA & HESS and PERSONAL PROBLEMS, as well as cult-classic LIQUID SKY, all of which played at the Film Center in June. (The new restoration of PERSONAL PROBLEMS in now available for purchase on DVD/Blu-ray from Kino Lorber.) As always, special thanks to our producer, Andy Miles, of Transistor Chicago.

GANJA & HESS (1973) written and directed by Bill Gunn discussed on this episode

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This one's a wild journey with guest Carlos Valladares, a critic and Yale graduate scholar. Carlos is working on a project about the director Jerry Schatzberg, so our conversation starts with his films Scarecrow and Honeysuckle Rose. Then it's off to the races: Alain Resnais's Je t'Aime, Je t'Aime; Looney Tunes; the late Joan Micklin Silver; Kevin Jerome Everson's Park Lanes; and Bill Gunn's great lost studio film, Stop! For complete show notes with links, sign up for my newsletter at rapold.substack.com Music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Zach and Matt discuss race, identity, and vampires in this 70s film by Bill Gunn.

In honor of Black History Month, Ghostman & Rivera discuss and highlight select choices of Black Americans contribution to horror cinema. The guys discuss Bill Gunn's GANJA & HESS and compare and contrast it to Spike Lee's remake, DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS. They also delve into Kasi Lemmons' underrated horror drama EVE'S BAYOU and have a brief discussion of Shudder's groundbreaking documentary, HORROR NOIRE. Access the Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or SoundCloud at this link: www.flow.page/GhostmanandRivera

In this episode we slurp the blurp from the flurp as we discuss the 1973 art house/experimental film Ganja & Hess directed by Bill Gunn. We also talk about our top 3 favorite Blade films and get sidetracked about 20 times. Check us out on Instagram, Facebook & Twitter to recommend what we watch next, and check out our friend sweetpurgatory on Instagram for horror themed art!

Part of our new series devoted to exploring the vampire in horror cinema, in this episode we discuss a double-bill of Black vampire films: the blaxploitation horror take on Dracula, Blacula (1972); and the extraordinary experimental horror Ganja and Hess (1973). Joining us in this episode is film critic Leila Latif. Blacula (1972) from 00:04:07Ganja & Hess  (1973) from 00:26:29 (spoilers for the ending only from 0:51:44) This season is made possible with the support of Arrow Video. This week's pick from their vast catalogue is REC. Produced and presented by Anna Bogutskaya. *** The Final Girls are a UK-based film collective exploring the intersections of horror film and feminism. Find out more about our projects here: thefinalgirls.co.uk Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Support us on Patreon. Subscribe to our newsletter for a weekly dose of curated horror treats. Follow Anna on @annabdemented and Olivia is on @livihowe 

On this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Sam Waymon, composer and actor in several Bill Gunn films and brother of soul legend Nina Simone, to talk about GANJA & HESS (1973), Sam’s film debut. We discuss Sam’s approach to creating music, writing for such a specific vision and his involvement in creating that vision, the renewed attention on Sam’s first movie, and the importance of preserving Black art for future generations. Find Sam and his work at the following links: - Buy the limited-edition GANJA & HESS LP Soundtrack from Light in the Attic: https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3976-ganja-hess-original-1973-motion-picture-soundtrack-rsd-2018-exclusive - Follow Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sam_waymon - Join the Sam Waymon Facebook Fan Club: www.facebook.com/SamWaymonFanClub - Follow Sam on Instagram: www.instagram.com/samwaymon/ - Listen to Sam’s music on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sam-waymon Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "You Got To Learn To Let It Go" by Sam Waymon from GANJA & HESS (1973).

On this edition of Parallax Views, legendary poet, playwright, novelist, activist, social critic, and all-around iconoclast Ishmael Reed joins us to discuss his amazing life and times as well as his thoughts on a wide variety of different topics. In particular we focus on his experiences in the literary and media worlds and how the "sausage is made" so to speak in those worlds by a corporate Establishment. In particular Ishmael helps us focus in on controversies like Gary Webb and the Iran/Contra affair's connection to the LA crack epidemic (which he wrote about in the Washington Post op-ed "The Word on the Vine"), tokenism and patronage in the literary and media worlds, the weaponization of the black men as scapegoats through the black boogeyman trope, antisemitism, the the musical Hamilton (which Reed critiqued in his recent play The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda), Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam, Louis Farrakhan, black feminism, diversity and the lack of diversity, academic language and the elitism of academic cliques that operate on langue games and lingo, the great filmmaker Bill Gunn who made the classic black vampire film GANJA AND HESS, gatekeeping and cultural glass ceilings, Charles Murray's The Bell Curve and media promotion of it as well as the financing of infamous Murray book, the Scotch-Irish and the betrayal of one's heritage in the name of assimilation, conspiracy theories, and much, much more.

Dan and Bradley are joined by the genius Marcus Pinn of Pinnland Empire to discuss two abstract horror films that take some very unusual approaches to the traditional Vampire story.  "Ganja & Hess" directed by Bill Gunn and "The Addiction" directed by Abel Ferrara You can find Marcus on Twitter https://twitter.com/PINNLAND_EMPIRE?s=20 Marcus has a brilliant podcast he does with the equally wonderful mr. Scott Thorough https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/zebras-in-america/id1220264878 Pinnland Empire can be found here http://www.pinnlandempire.com/

Described as a "meta-soap opera," PERSONAL PROBLEMS(1980) conceived by Ishmael Reed and directed by Bill Gunn is a singular viewing and listening experience. Shot by world renowned Italian photographer Robert Polidori, scored by the excellent Carman Moore, with music by the inimitable Sam Waymon, this movie is a recently restored treat to behold. Bill Gunn is a stage actor turned director and his skill and ingenuity is undeniable. The fact that he got all of these artists in one place for the duration of the shoot is a testament to his skill as a human and artist. Check out the film on the Criterion Channel or at Kino Lorber. Buy the soundtrack for the movie here: https://readinggroupcompany.bandcamp.com/album/personal-problems

Have you seen this film? If not, you deff should, especially if you appreciate horror history and art films. Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess was made for little money, but holds an important place in 1970s Black horror films.

Paul & Amy sink their teeth into 1973's visionary vampire film Ganja & Hess! They learn how director Bill Gunn used the success of films like Blacula to get funding for his more experimental work, examine the parallels the film draws between Christianity and vampirism, and explore the role race plays in Gunn's vision. Plus: a look at how the critical reaction at the time shaped the film's legacy.   This is the fourth episode of our “Unghouled” horror miniseries; next week’s film and the winner of the Unghouled fan vote is The Thing! Learn more about the show at unspooledpod.com follow us on Twitter @unspooled and Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. You can also apply to be a guest on our upcoming game show Screen Test at unspooledpod@gmail.com! Photo credit: Kim Troxall

Experimental Black horror film GANJA & HESS is tough to pin down, despite a simple synopsis (doctor cursed to crave blood shares his curse with another before succumbing to it himself). It packages much of its text inside a fractured storytelling framework, which seems to have dominated its critical appraisal in the decades since its release. In this episode, we wrangle with that discourse and try to read what director/actor Bill Gunn might’ve been trying to say with the overall piece, from an examination of the myriad identities that take shape in Black America to its focus on the intersection of faith, sexuality, and self-loathing. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/trylovepodcast and email us at trylovepodcast@gmail.com to get in touch! Buy tickets and support the Trylon at www.trylon.org/. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: "You Got To Learn To Let It Go" by Sam Waymon from GANJA & HESS (1973). Bodies off: Ganja & Hess, Bill Gunn’s under-the-skin flick by Brad Stevens: https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/bradlands/bodies-off-ganja-hess-under-skin-flick Bill Gunn’s Revolutionary Ganja & Hess Gets the Restoration It Deserves by April Wolfe: https://www.westword.com/film/moviegoing-experience-just-got-bigger-better-broader-in-2018-11058566 Ganja & Hess (Original 1973 Motion Picture Soundtrack) from Light in the Attic: https://lightintheattic.net/releases/3976-ganja-hess-original-1973-motion-picture-soundtrack-rsd-2018-exclusive

Horror month is back! Author, archivist, historian, and lifelong horror fan, Janaya Kizzie, introduces Matt to Bill Gunn's lost masterpiece, Ganja & Hess. Funded in part due to the interest in blaxploitation films and released to obscurity in 1973, Ganja & Hess was a movie ahead of its time. With a recent restoration that restored some missing footage the movie is finally starting to gain the audience it so richly deserves. Then Janaya fills in a blind spot of her own with David Lynch's first film, Eraserhead. A personal favorite of Matt's, he guides her through the wonderfully weird world of the Lady in the Radiator, the shocking sounds and and even more shocking apperance of the baby, and the influential sets and sound design that traumatize audiences to this day. Follow Janaya Kizzie on Instagram at: Hidden Here Press (https://www.instagram.com/hiddenherepress/)

There’s hardly any film genre more intrinsically allegorical than horror. If social borders, both conscious and unconscious, along acceptance and exclusion, empathy and revulsion, good and evil, are dictated by the mass projection of society’s fears onto whomever threatens its norms, then horror is the exaggerated projection of its basest, most grotesque imaginations around those boundaries onto the silver screen. While the human rights analogy of the Living Dead series and the Cold War nihilism of Texas Chainsaw Massacre prodded at social themes from the perspective of the cultural mainstream looking outward at the groups it excluded, there’s a rarer vein of the genre written from the purview of those on the outside looking in. Week 8 of Black Is Not a Genre is another doubleheader featuring films from two definitive eras of Black American cinema. Written and directed by leading light of the ‘70s ‘rebellion’ era, Bill Gunn, Ganja and Hess uses vampire mythology to paint hauntingly abstract metaphors for Black assimilation, loss of identity (the real life simile for which is the irony that the film was thought to be lost forever at the time of Gunn’s death), and the social psychology of white religious imperialism. Director Ernest Dickerson’s 1990 film Def By Temptation laid the tracks for a brief but prolific burst of Black-centric horror films in the ‘90s, but the scrappy indie film is overshadowed more Hollywood fare like Vampire In Brooklyn. Lead actor and screenwriter James Bond III’s script reimagines the darker tones of the schlock aesthetic, a trademark of its distributor Troma Entertainment. Enhanced with savvy practical effects and Dickerson’s impossibly lush cinematography, the film uses a classic succubus tale to explore urban-vs-rural social dynamics of northern Black migration and moral/cultural identity crises within the Black faith tradition. These unheralded gems represent a major void in horror that underscores the genre’s social significance. If horror is film’s window into society’s subconscious, its narration of who is worthy of fear and death and who is worthy of life and salvation, then the lack of films from America’s socially and racially ostracized has a host of real-life implications. Ganja and Hess is available to stream on Kanopy and both films are available on @shudder and Amazon Prime. About the guests: Jazz and Kat are hosts of the horror & sci-fi podcast, Girl, That's Scary! Jearold Hersey is an Austin based designer, former film critic for The Tribune in Mesa, Arizona, and curator and founder of a local film club now in its fourth year of weekly programming.

The gang is back! This week (or however long it’s been)’s episode is on GANJA & HESS (also known as BLOOD COUPLE and DOUBLE POSSESSION depending on where or when you didn’t see it … ) Bill Gunn’s 1973 take on a Black Vampire film, most recently remade by Spike Lee as DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS. Is it a horror movie? A piece of avant-garde cinema? A bit of Blaxpoitation fun? All of these, or none? Good questions but we focus on the most important one: Is it ART? Or is it CRAP? Starring Duane Jones (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), Marlene Clark (THE LANDLORD, SANFORD & SON), and Gunn himself in a pivotal role. This podcast is part of the TaylorNetwork which is a home to many great podcasts all available on TaylorNetwork feed on Spotify, Itunes stitcher radio

The gang is back! This week (or however long it’s been)’s episode is on GANJA & HESS (also known as BLOOD COUPLE and DOUBLE POSSESSION depending on where or when you didn’t see it … ) Bill Gunn’s 1973 take on a Black Vampire film, most recently remade by Spike Lee as DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS. Is it a horror movie? A piece of avant-garde cinema? A bit of Blaxpoitation fun? All of these, or none? Good questions but we focus on the most important one: Is it ART? Or is it CRAP? Starring Duane Jones (NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD), Marlene Clark (THE LANDLORD, SANFORD & SON), and Gunn himself in a pivotal role. This podcast is part of the TaylorNetwork which is a home to many great podcasts all available on TaylorNetwork feed on Spotify, Itunes stitcher radio

This week on Bikini Drive-In, we start vampire month with Bill Gunn's 1973 film, Ganja & Hess. Black horror, Afrocentrism & vampire allegories. Listen every Sunday at 4:30 pm on CKUW 95.9 fm. Questions or suggestions? Email bikinidrivein@gmail.com

In this weeks episode your friends at Forever Midnight hop on the Duane train, and no we are not talking about The Rock, We are talking about the one and only Duane Jones and his starring role in the wild, blood filled, art house Film “Ganja & Hess”!    Directed by actor/writer Bill Gunn, this film is a very distant relative of Blaxploitation /cult films of the time and is unlike any “Vampire” film The FM3 have ever seen.   So Grab your crucifix, mason jar of Hammer Blood and ancient bone knife and get ready for “Ganja & Hess” (1973).    

Judge a Book By it's Cover - a Little City Library Podcast is briefly moving away from Novellas to reviewing/judging films by their posters! This month, we're talking about Ganja and Hess, a 1973 experimental Horror Film directed by Bill Gunn and available via Kanopy- our libraries streaming service. Bizarre is the name of the game as we talk ancient cursed daggers, vampires that aren't vampires, and purposefully disjointed storytelling. Below are a few articles we reference or mention in the podcast for those who are interested. http://www.notcoming.com/reviews/ganjaandhess/ https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/29/bill-gunns-revolutionary-ganja-hess-gets-the-restoration-it-deserves/ https://www.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/comment/bradlands/bodies-off-ganja-hess-under-skin-flick

This week your hosts watch Ganja & Hess (1973) and discuss the works of oft-overlooked autuer and playwright Bill Gunn. Do you have a real life spooky story to share?Email us! noexitpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: @noexitpodcast Instagram: @noexitpodcastTheme song by @travelkitmusic! www.travelkitmusic.com

HONOR RADIO: Episode #011 Guest: Bill Gunn Centennial High School Athletic Director Corona, CA Bill Gunn, Athletic Director for Centennial High School is no stranger to The Honor Bowl and after a two year absense will be back in 2020! The true reason though about this PodCast was to discuss the impact that the COVID-19 situation has caused at Centennial and the community of Corona.  Times like this cause us to react and adapt and to respond positively and this was reflected with what Bill talked about on Honor Radio. We thank Bill for his time and reflections on The Honor Bowl and how we need to look ahead with what lays in front of us all.

Our tribute to Black History Month continues with an artistic gem from 1973. The writing, direction and score are by African-Americans, and features a predominantly black cast. It's... different, but sometimes different is good!

     Joined by intrepid guest Lucas, the crew takes a the sights of a 1970s art film and a South Korean-Japanese co-production that totally overlooks the countries complicated and brutal history with each other.     The only Bill Gunn film to get any kind of release before being quickly pulled and butchered by opportunistic distributors who had zero concept of the beauty they held. When an ancient dagger gives Dr Hess Greene a bad case of blood addiction, he takes pretty well to his new life until the estranged wife of a former associate enters his life. A brilliant meditation on cultural imperialism, African American assimilation, addiction, social structures, and more than a passing eye at organized religion... it's not a surprise that it didn't take off even at the height of New Hollywood. Bill Gunn lays so much of his soul bear through Ganja & Hess.     Seventeen years ago two children saw their friend run over by a car speeding around a blind turn. Today one of them is killing people in an effort to resurrect their dead friend on the orders of an unknown god. Deciding an article written by his fellow witness is the sign he has been waiting for, he lures her and a cameraman to an abandoned apartment building to witness his last two murders and an act of true love.  J-horror vet Kōji Shiraishi, better known for more fantastical monstrous women, delivers something far more grounded and brutal with A Sweet Record of Murder.     All that and Lucas thinks six moves ahead, Tyler stumbles into a trap fully unaware, Dave doesn't get it, and Kevin sees his tentacled Elder God master in the gaps between time and space. Join us, won't you?Episode 141- Blood on Tape

Ancient daggers, inexplicable dream logic and the scariest sound of all — Shane’s impression of a burping crow. Reel Rap stands divided on this 1973 experimental blaxploitation vampire film and reflects on a letter from director Bill Gunn to white critics about how black art is received by mainstream media. Links: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/05/13/archives/to-be-a-black-artist-a-black-artist-.html https://www.austinfilm.org/2018/07/bill-gunns-holy-grail-of-film-personal-problems-presented-in-2-parts/

Ancient daggers, inexplicable dream logic and the scariest sound of all — Shane's impression of a burping crow. Reel Rap stands divided on this 1973 experimental blaxploitation vampire film and reflects on a letter from director Bill Gunn to white critics about how black art is received by mainstream media. A comedy duo straight out of William Penn’s backyard, Bennett Glace, an adult Disney fan, and Shane Pfender, an ordained minister, have for years lent a critical eye to Hollywood’s most tedious auteurs. They are a comedy duo for film snobs and slobs alike. Exhausted by the current uninspired landscape of film criticism, the two work to find a new language with which to understand and interact with the films they cover on their inimitable podcast, Reel Rap.

This week we look at the 1973 film GANJA & HESS. After some pretty favourable reviews, we talk about the thoroughly confusing nature of the film, the idea of cinema as an immersive experience, and the different versions of the movie Bill Gunn was forced into making (and wanted to make) — all the while dancing around the idea of the ecstatic or out-of-body experience. (We don't actually talk about it in the episode, but it seemed very appropriate as a theme for this week's Prestige, given our discussions of religion, blood, sex, and race.) Next Time We move from the…well, not sublime to the ridiculous, but it is a change of tone! Our next film is the 1989 black comedy VAMPIRE'S KISS. Recent Media THE GREAT BRITISH MENU (2006–): Jennie Bond, Mark Bazeley, Wendy Lloyd THE CHEFS' BRIGADE (2019–): Jason Atherton, Anna Maxwell Martin JAMES ACASTER: REPERTOIRE (2018): James Acaster Recommendations NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968): George A. Romero, Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea VALHALLA RISING (2009): Nicolas Winding Refn, Mads Mikkelsen, Maarten Stevenson SCROOGED (1988): Richard Donner, Bill Murray, Karen Allen GET OUT (2017): Jordan Peele, Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams Footnotes After our discussion of the importance of sound in this film, this seems a good article to start off with: www.popularmechanics.com/culture/movies/a19566/a-brief-history-of-sound-in-cinema. It turns out ‘ululation' is the right word: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ululation. Rob mentions cinéma vérité when discussing the church scenes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinéma_vérité. This book is good on Blaxploitation cinema in general: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=1EeSAgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false, and this article has more on BLACULA in particular: https://film.avclub.com/blacula-blew-some-fresh-air-into-a-musty-genre-crypt-1826873409. Finally, given some of what we've been talking about in this episode, it seems pertinent to mention the #1619 Project from the NY Times, information on which can be found here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html.

Si SPACE IS THE PLACE de Sun Ra projettait la réalité Afro-américaine dans les recoins les plus cosmiques de l'imaginaire, GANJA & HESS de Bill Gunn lui aborde l'expérience noire dans tout ce qu'elle a de plus surnaturelle. Oeuvre qui transcende le temps et l'espace, la vie et la mort, le début et la fin ce film est un véritable chef d'oeuvre oublié de l'art Afro-américain des années '70. Le film est si puissant que Spike Lee lui a accordé un remake intitulé DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS en 2014. Cette semaine, nous explorons la fable Vampirique expérimentale qu'est GANJA & HESS et l'artiste qui l'a imaginé.

Si SPACE IS THE PLACE de Sun Ra projettait la réalité Afro-américaine dans les recoins les plus cosmiques de l'imaginaire, GANJA & HESS de Bill Gunn lui aborde l'expérience noire dans tout ce qu'elle a de plus surnaturelle. Oeuvre qui transcende le temps et l'espace, la vie et la mort, le début et la fin ce film est un véritable chef d'oeuvre oublié de l'art Afro-américain des années '70. Le film est si puissant que Spike Lee lui a accordé un remake intitulé DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS en 2014. Cette semaine, nous explorons la fable Vampirique expérimentale qu'est GANJA & HESS et l'artiste qui l'a imaginé.

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast host Bill Ackerman returns to discuss the current state of home media, the seemingly shrinking number of digitally unavailable obscurities, the social significance of film festivals, and directors ranging from Frank Perry to Bill Gunn to Don Coscarelli, as well as Bill's Blu-ray and DVD commentaries.    Recorded in December 2018.   Supporting Characters on the Now Playing Network: http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters   Follow Bye Bye Celluloid: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/byebyecelluloid/ Twitter http://twitter.com/ByeByeCelluloid Instagram http://www.instagram.com/byebyecelluloid/   "Bye Bye Celluloid" theme by Brad Glanden   Closing track: "The Short Hello" by Brad Glanden, from the soundtrack to the film Theodore of the Absurd: http://youtu.be/RXcsR9e8FHU   All original content: Copyright 2019 Brad Glanden. All rights reserved

Le documentaire Horror Noire donne un magnifique spotlight à des cinéastes d'horreur longtemps négligés. On en profite pour discuter de l'oeuvre d'Ernest Dickerson, de Bill Gunn et de Rusty Cundieff. L’article Épisode 52 — Horror Noire: Ganja & Hess, Tales from the Hood, Demon Knight est apparu en premier sur Séance de Minuit.

We discuss the work of writer/director Bill Gunn, his screenwriting work on THE LANDLORD and his two major directorial projects GANJA AND HESS and PERSONAL PROBLEMS. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to drop us a line at importantcinemaclubpodcast@gmail.com WWW.PATREON.COM/THEIMPORTANTCINEMACLUB

Bill Gunn's groundbreaking 1973 art-horror film "Ganja & Hess" tells the story of an anthropologist (Duane Jones, "Night of the Living Dead") who becomes a vampire shortly before meeting a complex and elegant woman (Marlene Clark, "Switchblade Sisters") who challenges his existence. With gorgeous cinematography by James E. Hinton and experimental music by Sam Waymon, "Ganja" is a unique experience in the world of horror that transcends genre and time period. Andrew, Kate and Amy relate their impressions of the film and whether or not today's audiences would embrace it.

Bill Gunn's groundbreaking 1973 art-horror film "Ganja & Hess" tells the story of an anthropologist (Duane Jones, "Night of the Living Dead") who becomes a vampire shortly before meeting a complex and elegant woman (Marlene Clark, "Switchblade Sisters") who challenges his existence. With gorgeous cinematography by James E. Hinton and experimental music by Sam Waymon, "Ganja" is a unique experience in the world of horror that transcends genre and time period. Andrew, Kate and Amy relate their impressions of the film and whether or not today's audiences would embrace it.

Lee and Daniel tackle a film they don't think was made for white boys like themselves. This time out it's "Ganja & Hess" (1973), directed by Bill Gunn. Is this Black vampire film just a "Blackula" rip-off or is it so much more? Why was it not more of a box office success? How much Black donkey dick is in it? What do they think about using bathwater for something other than washing oneself? A listener comment is also covered. "Ganja & Hess" IMDB Featured Music: "Intro"; "Bongili Work Song #1"; and "You've Got To Learn To Let It Go (Studio Version) by Sam Waymon.

Technical difficulties can't keep the Men of Micheaux from their appointed duty to review emails and critique director Bill Gunn's intriguing 'vampire' urban-gothic Ganja & Hess. And who else to critique it with than the person who brought it to our attention, Ashlee of the Girls Will Be Ghouls podcast and Graveyardshift Sisters. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/black-tribbles/message

Technical difficulties can't keep the Men of Micheaux from their appointed duty to review emails and critique director Bill Gunn's intriguing 'vampire' urban-gothic Ganja & Hess. And who else to critique it with than the person who brought it to our attention, Ashlee of the Girls Will Be Ghouls podcast and Graveyardshift Sisters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1973, African American director Bill Gunn was tasked with making the next “Blacula.” Instead, he gifted the world with the strangest rumination on identity, addiction, and religion that we are just beginning to appreciate. Starring Duane Jones, who gave a revolutionary performance in George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead,” and the magnetic […] More

Some Marriages Are Made In Heaven. Others Are Made In Hell. On today’s show Nic, Mary and I will be talking about a strange semi-experimental horror love story from 1973 called “Ganja & Hess”. The film was written and directed by African American playwright and actor Bill Gunn and stars Marlene Clark and Duane (Night […]