“The performer takes the risk,” says Grace Jones in a new trailer for “Bloodlight and Bami.” The pop diva explains, “It’s a lonely place — it’s a fascinating, lonely place.” Sophie Fiennes’ doc offers insight into the fascinating, lonely place that the “Slave to the Rhythm” singer occupies with an all-access look into her professional and personal life.
The director told us that Jones “exists almost as a cultural construction — a visual fetish,” and she saw this project as a “unique opportunity to explore the person beyond that fascinating surface.” And she’s digging deep. The trailer shows Jones visiting family in Jamaica and speaking candidly to her collaborators. Sometimes you have to be a “bitch,” she says. “I am the one doing the show. I don’t strike without a warning. I give a warning.”
“The film reveals Jones as lover, daughter, mother, and businesswoman. But the stage is the fixed point to which the film returns, with eye-popping performances of ‘Slave to the Rhythm,’ ‘Pull Up to the Bumper,’ ‘Love is the Drug,’ and more,” its official synopsis promises.
“Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow,” “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology,” and “The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema” are among Fiennes’ previous credits.
“Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami” debuted at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The doc opens April 13 in New York and April 20 in Los Angeles with a theatrical national rollout to follow.
