Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Sophie Fiennes’s intimate documentary about the public and private worlds of pop-culture mega-icon Grace Jones is as stylish and unconventional as its subject.
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An intimate documentary as stylish and unconventional as its subject, Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami alternates between the public and private spheres of the pop-culture mega-icon of the title. Contrasting thrilling musical sequences with intimate personal footage, director Sophie Fiennes (The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema) follows Jones to her Jamaican hometown, into the studio with longtime collaborators Sly & Robbie, and on the various stages of her sexually charged, cutting-edge live shows—featuring performances of “Slave to the Rhythm,” “Pull Up to the Bumper,” and “Love Is the Drug.” A Kino Lorber release.
Watch Grace Jones and director Sophie Fiennes discuss their documentary at the Film Society of Lincoln Center:
Brilliantly and beautifully engaged in the present. A sparkling example of how to document our icons.
—Daisy Jones, VICE
Pure energy, fierce, and empowering.
—Ronda Lee, The Huffington Post
In a movie about someone who has shown you everything, what you’re looking for is something you never expected to see. Bloodlight and Bami delivers.
—Wesley Morris, The New York Times
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