BETTY - THEY SAY I'M DIFFERENT

By Phil COX

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Documentary - Completed 2017

Funk Queen Betty arrived on the '70s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. She then, despite being banned and boycotted, went on to become the first black woman to perform, write and manage herself. Then suddenly – she vanished.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2017
CPH:DOX 2018
    • Year of production
    • 2017
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Art - Culture
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Budget
    • N/A
    • Duration
    • 54 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Phil COX
    • Producer(s)
    • Giovanna STOPPONI (Native Voice Films), Laurent MINI (Taxi-Brousse), Damon SMITH
    • Synopsis
    • 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 '70s scene to break boundaries for women with her daring personality, iconic fashion and outrageous funk music. 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.