BETTY - THEY SAY I'M DIFFERENT: Film & Performance

BETTY - THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT: Film Premiere & Reunion Performance by Betty’s band FUNK HOUSE
We’re excited to team up with Red Bull Music Academy, Black Bottom Film Festival and Row House Cinema to co-host the Pittsburgh premiere of the much-anticipated documentary BETTY - THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT. Food sponsorship/donation by North Park Clubhouse.

SCREENING & REUNION PERFORMANCE by FUNK HOUSE
7-10pm, Regent Square Theater, $20
Pres. by Red Bull Music Academy

Don’t miss the last chance to see BETTY - THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT and this one time only performance!

Betty Davis’ band FUNK HOUSE reunites for a special post-screening performance with support from local vocalists SHANYSE STRICKLAND, JACQUEA MAE, MORGAN HAWKINS & SHAY BANSHEE tearing up Regent Square Theater with some classic Betty Davis tunes.

About the film:  BETTY - THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT reveals the extraordinary unknown story of the elusive Betty Davis: from the young girl growing up on a North Carolina farm, to the legendary funk pioneer and wife of Miles Davis, to the startling mystery of Betty's 30-year disappearance.  Betty changed the landscape for female artists in America and American music on the whole - revolutionizing jazz, funk, R&B, rock, and punk. From an early age, Betty freed herself from social rules traditionally imposed on women and insisted on complete control of her image and recordings, and in the case of her turbulent marriage to Miles Davis, her personal life as well. At the height of her fame in the early 1980s, she mysteriously disappeared from public life. In late 2012, after intensive research, the makers of this film connected with Betty who was living quietly alone in Pittsburgh, PA. After several months of conversation, Betty decided to tell her story...