Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Movie · Documentary · Music

This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these things and more. Sophie Fiennes’s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Taking us home with her to Jamaica, into the studio with long-time collaborators Sly & Robbie, and backstage at gigs around the world, the film reveals Jones as lover, daughter, mother, and businesswoman. But the stage is the fixed point to which the film returns, with eye-popping performances of "Slave to the Rhythm," “Pull Up to the Bumper,” "Love is the Drug," and more. Jones herself has said watching the film “will be like seeing me almost naked” and, indeed, Fiennes’s treatment is every bit as definition-defying as its subject, untamed by either age or life itself.

2018 · 1h 55m
  • 87%
Starring Grace Jones, Jean-Paul Goude, Russell Harty
Director Sophie Fiennes

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Cast & Crew

  • Grace Jones
    Self
  • J‌G
    Jean-Paul Goude
    Self
  • R‌H
    Russell Harty
    Self
  • R‌S
    Robbie Shakespeare
    Self
  • M‌J
    Marjorie Jones
    Self
  • Sophie Fiennes
    Director

About

Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami

Documentary

This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these things and more. Sophie Fiennes’s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Taking us home with her to Jamaica, into the studio with long-time collaborators Sly & Robbie, and backstage at gigs around the world, the film reveals Jones as lover, daughter, mother, and businesswoman. But the stage is the fixed point to which the film returns, with eye-popping performances of "Slave to the Rhythm," “Pull Up to the Bumper,” "Love is the Drug," and more. Jones herself has said watching the film “will be like seeing me almost naked” and, indeed, Fiennes’s treatment is every bit as definition-defying as its subject, untamed by either age or life itself.

87%

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Average 6.9
Reviews 83
Fresh 72
Rotten 11

Information

Studio
Kino Lorber
Released
2018
Run Time
1 hr 55 min
Rated
NR
Regions of Origin
United Kingdom, Ireland
© 2017 GRACE JONES / SLIGOVILLE LIMITED / BLINDER FILMS LIMITED / THE BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE / BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

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Original Audio
English (United Kingdom), English, French
Audio

English (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

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English (CC)

Accessibility

Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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