Betty: They Say I’m Different (2017)

Betty: They Say I’m Different

2017

Documentary Music

Synopsis

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…

Credits

Director

Philip Cox

Cast

Betty Davis

Desmond Nakano as Self

Elnora B. Neal as Betty's Aunt

Greg Errico as Musician/Sly & the Family Stone

Greg Tate as Self

Militia Vox as Self

Nickey Neal as Betty's Cousin

Oliver Wang as Music Critic