Betty: They Say I’m Different

(2017)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 13 votes

Genres: Documentary, Music

Year: 2017

Runtime: 54 мин

Country: Netherlands

Director: Philip Cox

Cast: Betty Davis, Desmond Nakano, Greg Errico, Oliver Wang, Vernon Gibbs, Elnora B. Neal, Nickey Neal, Winona Williams, Greg Tate, Militia Vox

Plot

An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty Mabry Davis arrived on the scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion style and outrageous funk. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and The Commodores and married Miles Davis, turning him from jazz to funk and then went on to ignite stages in the 70s with her sassy sexed up mix of hard rock and bluesy funk, inspiring artists from Prince to Erykah Badu to Karen 0 and Peaches. Then she vanished…