Concert footage looks the best, pretty clear, clean and sharp, with deep, rich colors and good fine details of Jones' face, makeup, costumes and head-wear. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. 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.

Just as Jones onstage is vaguely mechanic and superhuman in her dead-funky songs, so is she vulnerable, real, funny and fierce throughout the rest of the documentary.

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Disco diva from the '70s, cult star, reggae machine, actress ( Conan the Destroyer) and androgynous icon. In June 1971 The New York Times, the Washington Post and the nation’s major newspapers took a brave stand for freedom of speech and reported on the Pentagon Papers, the massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned four decades and four US Presidents.

We see Jones behind the mask as a daughter, mother, sister and grandmother, and taking to the stage for a specially commissioned performance, with legendary hits including Pull Up To The Bumper and Slave To The Rhythm showcased in full. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami takes the viewer on an intimate and electrifying journey that moves between four cinematic layers performance, family, artist and traveller to explore the fascinating world of this pop cultural phenomenon. In Jamaican patois, Bloodlight is the red light that illuminates when an artist is recording and Bami means bread, the substance of daily life. Yet here we also discover her as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, as she submits herself to our gaze and allows us to understand what constitutes her mask. by offering to purchase goods and services you represent to us that you are 18 years of age or over and authorise us to transmit information (included updated information) to obtain information from third parties, including but not limited to, your debit or credit card numbers or credit reports to authenticate your identity, to validate your credit card, to obtain an initial credit card authorisation and to authorise individual purchase transactions.

First off is a Commentary Track with Jones, director Sophie Fiennes, and Judith Casselberry, moderated by Associate Professor of Africana Studies from Bowdoin College. Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami weaves together the layers of Grace Jones public and private life, as she moves effortlessly between different facets: she is gypsy, artist and partying hedonist, warm and funny but also a fierce and tenacious businesswoman. Kritikerna var arga, flera riksdagsledamöter ville stoppa den, censuren klippte hej vilt och filmen anmäldes för olaga våldsskildring till justitiekanslern. Clips show Grace's family-oriented private life, on-stage performances including famous hits 'Slave to the Rhythm' and 'Pull Up to the Bumper', studio recordings and interviews with friends and family discussing her fame and unique, creative personality.By using this service you thereby indemnify this Company, its employees, agents and affiliates against any loss or damage, in whatever manner, howsoever caused. No standard music documentary this, Bloodlight is an impromptu, unexpected, secret window into Jones' life, enveloped in concert footage specific to this film. To wit; concert footage is awesome, with a wide dynamic range perfectly suited to Jones' over/under musical ethos.