Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami REVIEW
IF you didn’t love Grace Jones before, then you will after watching Grace Jones: Bloodlight And Bami.
Jones struts across the stage
Sophie Fiennes’ overlong documentary may not delve as deep as you might have wished but it marks an engaging attempt to explore the different facets of Jones from larger than life public performer to loving family member.
It shines in the barnstorming concert footage where Jones struts across the stage, whipping up the audience and delivering hits such as Slave To The Rhythm and Pull Up To The Bumper.
Filmed over a number of years, it takes its title from the Jamaican patois for the red light of the recording studio and bread.
Jones in 1987
It shines in the barnstorming concert footage
The recording of her album Hurricane is balanced with a trip to Jamaica alongside her son Paulo and memories of a strict upbringing and a violent grandfather.
Jones emerges as a true professional with an immense degree of self-awareness and is nobody’s fool.