Spike Lee's DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS Out on Blu-ray/DVD Today

Anchor Bay Entertainment and Gravitas Ventures will release the Spike Lee thriller DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS on Blu-ray™ and DVD today, May 26, 2015. The film previously hit theaters on February 13th after a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the production. It's a reinterpretation of Bill Gunn's horror cult 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.

A Spike Lee Joint, DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS is directed by Spike Lee, written by Bill Gunn and Spike Lee, produced by Chiz Schultz (who also produced "Ganja & Hess") and Spike Lee, co-produced by Jason Sokoloff with music by Bruce Hornsby, cinematography by Daniel Patterson, costume design by Ruth E. Carter, production design by Kay Lee, and editing by Randy Wilkins. The film stars Zaraah Abrahams, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Rami Malek, and Elvis Nolasco. The production company is 40 Acres & A Mule Filmworks. The original songs soundtrack is from Epic Records.

SYNOPSIS:
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), he 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.

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ABOUT GRAVITAS VENTURES
Gravitas Ventures is a leading all rights distributor of independent cinema. Founded in 2006, Gravitas connects independent filmmakers and producers with distribution opportunities across the globe. Working with more than 500 content partners, Gravitas Ventures has distributed thousands. Recent releases include Sundance smash PING PONG SUMMER with Susan Sarandon, THE LONGEST WEEK starring Jason Bateman and Olivia Wilde, and FELONY, starring Joel Edgerton and Tom Wilkinson. Upcoming titles include: MANNY, APPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR, BACKSTREET BOYS: SHOW 'EM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF and Spike Lee's DA SWEET BLOOD OF JESUS. For more information, please check out www.gravitasventures.com and @GravitasVOD.

ABOUT ANCHOR BAY ENTERTAINMENT
Anchor Bay Entertainment is a leading independent home entertainment company celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2015. Anchor Bay acquires and releases a wide array of filmed entertainment in the theatrical and home entertainment markets, including STARZ Original series, children's entertainment, fitness (Anchor Bay Fitness), sports and specialty films on Blu-ray™ and DVD formats. The company has long-term distribution agreements in place for select programming with The Weinstein Company, AMC Networks and RADiUS, among others. Headquartered in Beverly Hills, CA, Anchor Bay Entertainment (www.anchorbayentertainment.com) is a full service distributor in the North American market. Anchor Bay Entertainment is a Starz (NASDAQ: STRZA, STRZB) business, www.starz.com.

ABOUT 40 ACRES AND A MULE FILMWORKS
40 Acres And A Mule Filmworks is the production company of Spike Lee. Founded in 1986 in his childhood neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, it has produced feature films, documentaries, commercials, music videos and short films. 40 Acres has been a training ground for young Unknown black talent, both in front of and behind the camera, who have GONE on to make their mark in Hollywood today.