Betty: They Say I'm Different
2017
Action / Biography / Documentary / Music
Betty: They Say I'm Different
2017
Action / Biography / Documentary / Music
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· 6 reviews
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6.3/10
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Plot summary
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…
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Movie Reviews
I only wish it were a bit longer
A fantastic subject in a mediocre moviemaking
Betty Davis was ahead of her time musically as well as a performer.
She was a friend of Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone - and was married to Miles Davis, a genius, with an inherent complex personality that resulted in a love and hate relationship.
All this artistic sophistication and intriguing human interconnections are unfortunately poorly exposed in the documentary.