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Betty Davis - Betty: They Say I'm Different
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Before Beyoncé, Madonna and Prince - there was Betty Davis.
Funk Queen Betty Davis changed the landscape for female artists in America. She ''was the first...'' as former husband Miles Davis said. ''Madonna before Madonna, Prince before Prince''.
An aspiring songwriter from a small steel town, Betty arrived on the 70's scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She befriended Jimi Hendrix and Sly Stone, wrote songs for the Chambers Brothers and the Commodores, and married Miles - startlingly turning him from jazz to funk on the album she named ''Bitches Brew''. She then, despite being banned and boycotted, went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Betty was a feminist pioneer, inspiring and intimidating in a manner like no woman before. Then suddenly - she vanished.
Creatively blending documentary and animation this movie traces the path of Betty's life, how she grew from humble upbringings to become a fully self-realized black female pioneer the world failed to understand or appreciate. After years of trying, the elusive Betty, forever the free-spirited Black Power Goddess, finally allowed the filmmakers to creatively tell her story based on their conversations.
Bonus Materials
Director Interview: Phil Cox on the making of Betty - They Say I'm Different
Interview Extract with Betty Davis
Review
Astonishing and tantalising
Neil Kulkarni, The Wire
Betty Davis Was a Raw Funk Pioneer. Her Decades of Silence Are Over.
Jon Pareles, The New York Times
Gritty funk, progressive sexual politics and eye-popping imagery of a criminally under-valued talent from the '70s.
Joe Lynch, Billboard
Honoring the beauty of the artist's enigmatic aura and elusiveness...offering us finally an alternative way to contemplate black women's musicianship without trafficking in tragedy or unveiling privacy.
Daphne A. Brooks, Los Angeles Review Of Books
A beautiful sizzling & sweaty film
CPH:DOX
Betty was a free spirit...talented as a motherf**ker.
Miles Davis --Miles - The Autobiography
ASIN: B07XGSBKHQ
VSKU: DBV.B07XGSBKHQ.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Betty Davis|Fred Mills|Greg Errico|Tamar-Kali|Militia Vox|Greg Tate|Miles Davis|Vernon Gibbs|Oliver Wang|Mike Canton|Phil Cox
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!
ASIN: B07XGSBKHQ
VSKU: DBV.B07XGSBKHQ.G
Condition: Good
Author/Artist:Betty Davis|Fred Mills|Greg Errico|Tamar-Kali|Militia Vox|Greg Tate|Miles Davis|Vernon Gibbs|Oliver Wang|Mike Canton|Phil Cox
Binding: Dvd
Note: Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.
Condition Notes: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!
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