''A One Man Show'' is a long-form music video collection featuring Jamaican singer

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, released in 1982. The video mainly consists of music videos, with some concert footage filmed when Jones was touring with the eponymous tour.

Background

The video partly captures live performances of Jones' "A One Man Show" tour which was filmed at

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and at the Savoy Theater in

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in 1981. It includes six songs performed live on stage, mostly from the ''

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'' and '' Nightclubbing'' albums, plus four studio

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s. The show's intro is a photo montage of some of the most famous images of Jones from the late 1970s and early 1980s, including the "tiger in a cage" portrait and the "arabesque" photo. ''A One Man Show'' was first released in 1982 to promote the album ''

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''. The film was re-issued on VHS and

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, PolyGram and Spectrum Music through the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1986, after the success of Jones' best-selling hit "

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", the film was re-released under the title ''State of Grace'', then also including its promo video. The film was directed by

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and edited by Peter Shelton. It was nominated for a

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for

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in 1984, eventually losing to

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's self-titled video. Snapshots from the performances of "

" and " Walking in the Rain" later made the artwork for the CD re-release of ''Warm Leatherette''.

Set list

# "

" (intro includes excerpts from "Nightclubbing") # " Walking in the Rain" # "Feel Up" # "

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" # " Demolition Man" # "

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" # " Private Life" # "

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:One Man Show 1983 films Documentary films about pop music and musicians Grace Jones 1980s English-language films English-language documentary films