Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017) on Netflix
PG20171h 55mBiographyDocumentaryMusic
Grace Jones moves between her family in Jamaica, the sessions for the Hurricane album, and concert stages in Paris and New York City. Live performances sit alongside intimate personal footage.
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Plot summary
Grace Jones, the Jamaican musician, actress and model, is the subject of a portrait filmed across more than a decade. She visits her family in Jamaica, records the Hurricane album, and tours internationally, with Paris and New York City among the stops. Live performances of Slave to the Rhythm, Williams' Blood, This Is, Warm Leatherette, Nipple to the Bottle, Pull Up to the Bumper and Love Is the Drug are woven through the film. The title names two things: the red light that goes on in a recording studio while an artist is recording, called bloodlight during her sessions, and bami, a Jamaican flatbread. Work on the project stretched over twelve years, interrupted while Jones finished her band and wrote a memoir.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami (2017)
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- Grace Jones and director Sophie Fiennes met at a 2002 screening of Fiennes' film about Noel Jones' church, Hoover Street Revival, and agreed to make a documentary together. It ended up over twelve years in the making, interrupted by Jones finishing her band and writing a memoir and by Fiennes' pregnancy and other projects.
