PODCAST| Angelo Acerbi interviews Sophie Fiennes,director of the film Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami.
Sophie Fiennes filmed Miss Grace Jones over a period of 5 years, from Jamaica to New York to Paris to a special gig in Dublin. The icon is there, the stage panther too, and the real woman finally appears. A feast for fans, a pleasure for all. Released over Europe in the next month, Italy too.
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami: Over-the-top, uninhibited, disquieting and androgynous: Grace Jones embodies all these adjectives. The polyhedral Jamaican artist reveals her most intimate side as a lover, daughter, mother, sister and even grandmother, and lets us discover what hides behind the unique and strong image she has moulded onto herself.
Discover the story of BFI Flare’s history through the eyes of Joss Morfitt, researcher and writer, revealing how queer cinema and London's LGBTQ+ culture have evolved over 40 years.
At the Bari International Film & TV Festival, director Raha Shirazi reflects on memory, resistance and the power of Iranian women’s voices in her documentary "A War on Women".