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In 1972, independent production company Kelly-Jordan Enterprises approached William Gunn, a black artist known at the time as a playwright and stage director, with the idea of making a "black vampire film" with a budget of $350,000.
Apr 19, 2023 · Kelly-Jordan Enterprises. (Credit: Kelly-Jordan Enterprises) Bill Gunn's 1973 horror was revered at Cannes, but buried in the US – leading him to pen a famous letter about reviewers' racism....
In 1972, an independent production company known as Kelly-Jordan Enterprises approached Bill Gunn, a black playwright and stage director, with the idea of making a "black vampire film" with a budget of $350,000.
Feb 28, 2024 · Kelly-Jordan Enterprises. But the true standout Blaxploitation horror film of 1973 was Bill Gunn’s Ganja & Hess, a moody vampire film that dances with some tenets of Blaxploitation films...
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Kelly was previously Director of Information Services and Assistant to the President of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (Broadcasting, Learning and Leisure units), President of Kelly-Jordan...
Ganja and Hess. In this once-lost masterpiece of independent horror, the blade of an ancient African knife spreads a vampiric contagion to research assistant George (director Bill Gunn), whose bloodlust soon infects Dr. Hess Green (Night of the Living Dead's Duane Jones) as well.
