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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, Betty - They Say I'm Different 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.
Original Release
03/09/2018
US Release
02/05/2019
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Mike Canton | Self - host of The Soul Show, WYEP-FM |
Oliver Wang | Self - music critic and DJ / Music Critic |
Al Gee | Self |
Vernon Gibbs | Self - music critic / Music Critic |
Greg Errico | Self - drummer, Sly and the Family Stone / Musician/Sly & the Family Stone |
Elnora B. Neal | Self - Betty Davis' aunt / Betty's Aunt |
Nickey Neal | Self - Betty Davis' cousin / Betty's Cousin |
Connie Portis | Self - Betty Davis' childhood friend |
Miles Davis | Self |
Greg Tate | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Mike Canton | Self - host of The Soul Show, WYEP-FM |
Oliver Wang | Self - music critic and DJ / Music Critic |
Al Gee | Self |
Vernon Gibbs | Self - music critic / Music Critic |
Greg Errico | Self - drummer, Sly and the Family Stone / Musician/Sly & the Family Stone |
Elnora B. Neal | Self - Betty Davis' aunt / Betty's Aunt |
Nickey Neal | Self - Betty Davis' cousin / Betty's Cousin |
Connie Portis | Self - Betty Davis' childhood friend |
Miles Davis | Self |
Greg Tate | Self |
Winona Williams | Self - Betty Davis' friend from the '70s / Self |
Militia Vox | Self |
Tamar-kali | Self |
Fred Mills | Self - keyboardist, Funk House / Musician |
Desmond Nakano | Self |
Carlos Morales | Self - musician |
Larry Johnson | Self - musician |
Betty Davis | Self |
Kim El | Betty Davis / Betty's voice |
Hervé Bernard Omnes | Self - Narrator |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Catherine Bailey | Executive Producer |
Karim Samai | Executive Producer |
Danielle Maggio | Producer |
Laurent Mini | Producer |
Damon Smith | Producer |
Giovanna Stopponi | Producer |