# EPISODE 135: Ganja & Hess

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Podcast: [WHAT'S IN THE PODCAST](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-s-in-the-podcast-6939842)
Published: 2026-02-27T11:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/narcoticcasserole/episodes/EPISODE-135-Ganja--Hess-e3ei8oj
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Duration seconds: 4508

## Resource

We follow up our salute to Duane Jones with Bill Gunn's highly experimental meditation on addiction GANJA & HESS. A vampiric love story that was intended to be a "Blacula" cash in but wound up becoming one of the most influential titles in black cinema.

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