The read
It runs a compact 54m.
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…
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
13 audience votes
Key crew
- Philip CoxDirector
- Philip CoxScreenplay
Cast
- Betty DavisCast
- Desmond NakanoSelf
- Greg ErricoMusician/Sly & the Family Stone
- Oliver WangMusic Critic
- Vernon GibbsMusic Critic
- Elnora B. NealBetty's Aunt
- Nickey NealBetty's Cousin
- Winona WilliamsSelf
- Greg TateSelf
- Militia VoxSelf
- Fred MillsMusician
- Kim ElBetty's voice
Stills
Themes
funkportrait of an artistmusic documentaryfunk musiclife and careerfemale musicianbiographical documentary