A Spike Lee Joint, 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), Hess 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 re-interpretation of Bill Gunn’s cult horror 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.

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus starts Friday, February 13
Thriller, comedy – NR – 123 min – Tickets $8 – Get tickets online
Fri, Feb. 13: 7:00, 9:30 p.m.
Sat, Feb. 14: 7:00, 9:30
Sun, Feb. 15: 5:00
Mon, Feb. 16: 7:00, 9:30
Tues, Feb. 17: 7:00, 9:30
Weds, Feb. 18: 7:00, 9:30
Thurs, Feb. 19: 7:00, 9:30