‘GRACE JONES’: Sunday, March 18, 1pm, Bay Street Theater

HIFF presents an exciting new series of screenings, in partnership with Guild Hall and Bay Street Theater, that brings notable films currently in theaters to the East End. Curated by HIFF, the series features acclaimed first-run art house, independent, and world cinema.


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GRACE JONES: BLOODLIGHT AND BAMI

Sunday, March 18 | 1:00pm | Bay Street Theater
Director: Sophie Fiennes | 115 minutes
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This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones 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.

Sophie Fiennes’s documentary goes beyond the traditional music biography, offering a portrait as stylish and unconventional as its subject. Taking us home with her to Jamaica, into the studio with long-time collaborators Sly & Robbie, and backstage at gigs around the world, 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. Jones herself has said watching the film “will be like seeing me almost naked” and, indeed, Fiennes’s treatment is every bit as definition-defying as its subject, untamed by either age or life itself.


Tickets are $15 for general admission and $13 for HIFF members. HIFF members, look for an email with your Members-only discount code. Enjoy! 

Other films in the series:
CONCERT FOR GEORGE on Saturday, March 10, 2018, at Bay Street Theater