AGFA + Bleeding Skull was a collaboration with our friends at the American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) from 2018-22.
Purchase the Treasure of the Ninja and the Films of William Lee Special Edition Blu-ray here.
Meet your new favorite action hero. Throughout the 1980s, Black filmmaker and martial artist William Lee wrote, produced, directed, and starred in dozens of D.I.Y. action epics — all shot on Super 8 in Ohio and New York City. From Treasure of the Ninja (1987, Lee’s most ambitious and beloved movie) to The New Chinese Connection (1980, an homage to Bruce Lee — William Lee’s idol), these inclusive and explosive works serve as an inspiration to anyone with a dream, pulse, or appreciation for spinning kicks. AGFA + Bleeding Skull! are elated to bring the best-of-the-best in William Lee’s early filmography to a wider audience for the first time ever, complete with brand new transfers and a revelatory stack of previously unreleased films.
Directed by William Lee
106 min / 1987 / Color
Special features include:
– TREASURE OF THE NINJA: New transfer from the original 3/4” master tape
– TREASURE OF THE NINJA: Commentary track with William Lee and Bleeding Skull’s Annie Choi and Joseph A. Ziemba
– Bonus movie: DRAGON VS. NINJA (1984), previously unreleased and transferred in 2K from the original Super 8 elements
– Short: THE NEW CHINESE CONNECTION (1980), previously unreleased and transferred in 2K from the original Super 8 elements
– Shorts: the WILLIE JACK series, all previously unreleased and transferred in 2K from the original Super 8 elements
– Reversible cover artwork
– English SDH subtitles
