Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Synopsis
The film includes unique performances of her iconic hits 'Slave To The Rhythm' and 'Pull Up To The Bumper' as well as more recent autobiographical tracks, 'Williams' Blood', 'This Is' and 'Hurricane'. These personal songs link to the film’s narrative that follows Grace on a holiday road trip across her native Jamaica where the story of her traumatic childhood are uncovered.
Her stage is the fixed point to which the film returns, with 'Love Is The Drug' acting like an aria, bringing the film to its final and most touching scenes, including an encounter with French photographer Jean Paul Goude, father of Jones’ son Paulo and creator of her iconic album covers.
This is a Grace we have not seen before, someone who reminds us of what it is to dare to be truly alive. In all her apparent contradictions, Grace Jones may appear an exception, but she is also a point of identification: she is the exception that proves the rule.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - TIFF Docs - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 115 mins
- Format
- Digital and 16 mm celluloid
- Director
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Sophie Fiennes
- Producer
- Katie Holly, Sophie Fiennes, Beverly Jones, Shani Hinton
- Executive Producer
- Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Lizzie Francke, Keith Potter, Francesca Von Habsburg, Danielle Ryan, Alan Maher, James Wilson, Émilie Blézat
- Editor
- Sophie Fiennes
- Director of Photography
- Sophie Fiennes, Remko Schnorr
- Sound
- Steve Fanagan
- Music
- Grace Jones; Musical Director: Ivor Guest
- Principal cast
- Grace Jones, Jean-Paul Goude, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare
- Original Staging Concept
- Eiko Ishioka
- Hats Designed by
- Philip Treacy
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, Ireland coproduction
A Sligoville (UK)/ Amoeba Film (UK) & Blinder Films (IE), production. Financed by BBC Films (UK), BFI Film Fund (UK), Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/ Irish Film Board (IE), Roads Entertainment (IE) in cooperation with ZDF/Arte (DE)
Sligoville Limited and Amoeba Film Ltd
c/o Blinder FilmsSales Company
Shani Hinton
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