Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Toronto International Film Festival
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1h 55m
Directed by Sophie Fiennes • Documentary • 2018 • U.K., Ireland • English
Featuring Grace Jones, Sly Dunbar, Jean-Paul Goude, Robbie Shakespeare
Sophie Fiennes’s electrifying documentary is a journey through the public and private worlds of mega-icon Grace Jones that 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.
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