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Grace Jones “Bloodlight and Bami” Documentary Review

Author: Kevin Ross

January 1, 1970

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Grace Jones “Bloodlight and Bami”

Distributed by: Kino Lorber

CAST: Grace Jones, Jean Paul Goude, Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare
Directed and Edited by: Sophie Fiennes
Writer: Leonie Gombrich
Producers: Katie Holly, Sophie Fiennes, Beverly Jones, Shani Hinton
Executive Producers: Christine Langan, Joe Oppenheimer, Lizzie Francke, Keith Potter, Francesca Von Habsburg, Danielle Ryan, Alan Maher, James Wilson, Émilie Blézat
Editor: Sophie Fiennes
Cinematographer: Remko Schnorr
Musical Director: Ivor Guest
World Premiere, Toronto International Film Festival 2017
Time: 115 min.

UK/IrelandThe new documentary Grace Jones “Bloodlight and Bami” shows that Jones is just as interesting off-stage as

Grace’s mother Margerie, who recently died, is in the film and Grace was very close to her considering the severe abuse her and her five siblings experienced when they were left behind as children in Spanishtown Jamaica while their parents moved to Syracuse, New York to set up a life for the family.

During the film,

She had on a long wig.The movie was funny and interesting and there were certain parts of it that reminded me of Paris is Burning which was a very depressing and tragic film but Bloodlight was more uplifting and very matter of fact. Grace Jones “Bloodlight and Bami”Grace goes back home in the film to Spanishtown Jamaica returning effortlessly to her incredibly humble beginnings.

This was a part of what was missing in the film, Grace’s thoughts on what it was like to make it in show business despite her background. She does sit with a female relative and talks about being abused by the woman’s’ much younger husband named Mas P. Apparently, he married the woman when

I would have also liked to hear more about her history in the industry as a recording artist. What it was like to have a top 5 hit with 1981’s Pull Up to the Bumper” and how

He was very militant and he had a stare that looked right through you, one of Grace’s other bothers describes in the film.Grace Jones “Bloodlight and Bami”Grace has a great sense of humor about her current career status as

There is a scene where

Grace has on a black suit with an odd hat and complains to the producer of the video that male dancers?”Since it’s a documentary I don’t want to give too much more away except that

After a few hits, this can create a lifetime of residuals. There could have been a bit more coverage from her family and even a couple of close friends. There wasn’t a lot of coverage on how Grace got started in the industry and there could have been more wisdom and lesson’s learned over the years discussed.

Grace is still performing and considered an icon but

She’s been a performer for more than 40 years. It’s great that Grace doesn’t take herself to seriously but

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Kevin Ross is the CEO of The Industry Dot Biz. He is a music and radio industry vet who has been a programmer and a radio host in several markets like Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, and more. He started The Industry Dot Biz in 1995 as a voice for Black industry executives to have a voice in the industry. Ross is a musician, writer, voice talent, and author. The Industry Dot Biz is currently the largest urban industry trade and site.

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