Tomorrow 25 October 2017, the British Film Institute (BFI) Southbank and Trafalgar Releasing will host the UK premiere of the documentary film ‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’.

As part of the BFI regular film and music series Sonic Cinema, director Sophie Fiennes will be joined by her subject, Grace Jones, for a live Q&Q session after the film that will be simulcast to more than 150 cinema screens across the country.

As the ultimate undefinable creative performer, Jones will discuss her life and work in the worlds of film, music, art, fashion and performance.

‘Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami’ is an independent project five years in development which will give us an intimate and electrifying portrait of the pop cultural phenomenon.

Moving between four cinematic layers – family, artist, performance and gypsy – we explore the fascinating world of this daughter, mother, sister and grandmother. Grace Jones will also take to the stage for a specially commissioned performance, showcasing the legendary hits ‘Pull Up to the Bumper’ and ‘Slave to the Rhythm’.

Described by director Fiennes as ‘excessively alive’, Jones is indeed an uncontainable force of nature; wild, scary, iconic, androgynous and a true showbusiness survivor. Grace Jones is an enigma; both a threat to the industry and one of its biggest assets.

To find details of Edinburgh screenings visit www.gracejonestickets.co.uk

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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.

By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.

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In Scotland I attended Dunfermline High School from 2010 to 2016 and Edinburgh Napier University from 2016 to 2020, emerging with two Advanced Higher and five Higher qualifications from the former and graduating with an undergraduate bachelor of arts honours degree in journalism from the latter. After two years away from further education due to the coronavirus pandemic, I'm going to be studying the MFA Photography course at York St John University in England from 2022 to 2024. I've achieved The Duke of Edinburgh’s (Bronze) Award and received grade five level certification for electronic keyboard from Trinity College London. In my spare time, I enjoy reading, writing, watching television series, listening to music and going to the cinema as well as catching up with friends, travelling by railway and hostelling overnight and overindulging in food and drinks in a pub or restaurant then having to go to the gym to burn it all off again.By studying journalism and photography, my aim of practicing photojournalism professionally will hopefully be once step closer. Both are partial artforms requiring the rest of the work to be undertaken by the audience, the specialism of photojournalism, however, providing each of its two parts with greater context. Exploring photographic techniques (aerial, timelapse, editing) through a variety of journalistic styles (features, poetry, songwriting) will allow me to develop my portfolio, hone my camera skillset and narrow my focus further in anticipation of working life. Without a global pandemic to deal with this time. Fingers crossed.