Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Pure energy, fierce...a rock-n-roll, sexy, feel good, empowering film.
-- Huffington Post
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
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.
"Brilliantly and beautifully engaged in the present. A sparkling example of how to document our icons. Allows us to appreciate the reality of the artist in her most candid moments, in her own words, which is way more interesting than what we'd find in yet another standard biopic." - Daisy Jones, VICE
"Pure energy, fierce, and empowering. If you want a rock-n- roll, sexy, feel good, empowering film, pull up to the theater in your most audacious outfit and get ready for the Grace Jones experience." - The Huffington Post
"A celebration of art and life.
Jones herself has promised the film 'will be like seeing me almost naked.'" - Michael-Oliver Harding, Interview Magazine
"A sumptuous sensory treat." - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
"Brilliantly and beautifully engaged in the present. A sparkling example of how to document our icons. Allows us to appreciate the reality of the artist in her most candid moments, in her own words, which is way more interesting than what we'd find in yet another standard biopic." - Daisy Jones, VICE
"Pure energy, fierce, and empowering. If you want a rock-n- roll, sexy, feel good, empowering film, pull up to the theater in your most audacious outfit and get ready for the Grace Jones experience." - The Huffington Post
"A celebration of art and life.
Jones herself has promised the film 'will be like seeing me almost naked.'" - Michael-Oliver Harding, Interview Magazine
"A sumptuous sensory treat." - Stephen Dalton, The Hollywood Reporter
Genre
Documentary,
Pop Culture,
Music,
Women and Film
Runtime
115
Language
English
Director
Sophie Fiennes
FEATURED REVIEW
Dave White, The Wrap
The first on-screen credit of “Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami” reads: “Hats designed by Philip Treacy.” It’s an entirely appropriate announcement of values, a reminder that style and substance are indistinguishable for Jones, the film’s enduring singer-actor-model-muse. Treacy, millinery king of ...
Played at
Playhouse 7 4.27.18 - 5.03.18
NoHo 7 5.04.18 - 5.10.18
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