---
title: 'Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Spike Lee'
released: '2014-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/da-sweet-blood-of-jesus-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3104930/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Da Sweet Blood of Jesus (2014)

2014 · 123 min · Romance · United States


## Synopsis

Da Sweet Blood of Jesus is a 2014 American horror film directed by Spike Lee. The plot is about a wealthy anthropologist who is stabbed by an ancient African dagger and turned into a vampire. Lee has said the film is about "[h]uman beings who are addicted to blood" and called it "[a] new kind of love story." The film is a remake of the 1973 film Ganja & Hess. It was the first of Lee's films to be funded through Kickstarter. The film was released on June 22, 2014, at the American Black Film Festival as the closing film, and was released in theaters and on VOD on February 14, 2015, by Gravitas Ventures.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Director:** [Spike Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/spike-lee)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bruce Hornsby](https://cinepixo.com/people/bruce-hornsby)

## Cast

- [Cinqué Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/cinque-lee)
- [Michael K. Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-k-williams)
- [Felicia Pearson](https://cinepixo.com/people/felicia-pearson)
- [Elvis Nolasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvis-nolasco)
- [Joie Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/joie-lee)
- [Rami Malek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rami-malek)
- [Stephen McKinley Henderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-mckinley-henderson)
- [Donna Dixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-dixon)

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