British distributors Eureka Entertainment have officially announced and detailed their upcoming Blu-ray release of Bill Gunn's film
Ganja & Hess (1973), starring Marlene Clark, Duane Jones, and Bill Gunn. The release will be available for purchase on January 26, 2015.
Official synopsis: Duane Jones (Night of the Living Dead) stars as anthropologist Hess Green, who is stabbed with an ancient ceremonial dagger by his unstable assistant (director Bill Gunn), endowing him with the blessing of immortality, and the curse of an unquenchable thirst for blood. When the assistant's beautiful and outspoken wife Ganja (Marlene Clark) comes searching for her vanished husband, she and Hess form an unexpected partnership. Together, they explore just how much power there is in the blood.
Special Features:
- Brand new 1080p high-definition transfer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Feature-length commentary with producer Chiz Schultz, lead actress Marlene Clark, cinematogropher James Hinton and composer Sam Waymon
- Select scene commentary with historian David Kalat
- The Blood of the Thing: film historian David Kalat leads an interview-based documentary about the film
- Gunn's original screenplay available via DVD-Rom and BD-Rom
- Reversible Sleeve
- 24-page booklet featuring a new essay by critic and author Kim Newman and a vintage letter written by Gunn to the New York Times, illustrated with archival images