Spike Unveils ‘Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus’

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Even as the 25th anniversary for Do The Right Thing approaches, Spike Lee is still out for blood.

The acclaimed writer and director closed out the American Black Film Festival on Sunday with at a special screening for cast and crew of his latest film, Da Sweet Blood Of Jesus at the DGA Theater in midtown Manhattan on Monday.

Decked out in Knicks orange and white, Lee thanked Kickstarter, which he used to fund the film, everyone who contributed to the campaign and his NYU Film students, who pushed him to go the crowd-funding route. Attendees of note included Wesley Snipes, musician/songwriter Valerie Simpson (who appears in a rousing scene in a Brooklyn church), Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid – who plays on the film’s score) and cast members Steven Tyrone Williams and Zaraah Abrahams who play the romantic leads Hess and Ganja.

After the screening, the cast and crew headed up to The Hudson Hotel for a kick ass after party which was co-sponsored by Grey Goose.

No word yet on a theatrical release. Lee did announce that the soundtrack for the film’s soundtrack featuring a score by Bruce Hornsby and several independent artists, will be released on Epic Records.

 

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Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas is a writer/photographer based in New York City. A frequent contributor to The Interrobang, Earl is also Executive Director for the New York chapter of The Black Rock Coalition. Earl worked in radio for nearly two decades at WNEW-FM and XM Satellite Radio, which included being the on-air producer for Carol Miller, Scott Muni and Ron & Fez, and a contributor to Opie & Anthony. Earl has also independently published a number of books including Black Rock Volume 1, Urban Abyss, Mobile Uploads, and For Shimmy. His latest project is the photojournalism magazine PRAXIS, which is available exclusively through Blurb.com.
Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas

Earl Douglas is a writer/photographer based in New York City. A frequent contributor to The Interrobang, Earl is also Executive Director for the New York chapter of The Black Rock Coalition. Earl worked in radio for nearly two decades at WNEW-FM and XM Satellite Radio, which included being the on-air producer for Carol Miller, Scott Muni and Ron & Fez, and a contributor to Opie & Anthony. Earl has also independently published a number of books including Black Rock Volume 1, Urban Abyss, Mobile Uploads, and For Shimmy. His latest project is the photojournalism magazine PRAXIS, which is available exclusively through Blurb.com.