Funded by fans and initially shrouded in secrecy, writer-director Spike Lee‘s latest joint, “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” has finally revealed itself to be a project of no small interest to cult-film fans; it’ll also be of interest to see how Lee fares outside the studio system with a film that — despite its matter-of-fact status as a remake of Bill Gunn’s sui generis 1973 film “Ganja & Hess” — also stands as a reminder of what an artist as independent as Lee can do when given more than a little actual independence.
Like Gunn’s original film, the story revolves around Dr.