Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019 · 116 min · EN · 7.2 (79 votes)
Dir. Stanley Nelson · Starring Carl Lumbly, Reginald Petty, Quincy Troupe, Farah Griffin, Lee Annie Bonner, Ashley Kahn

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A visionary, innovator, and originator who defied categorization and embodied the word cool—a foray into the life and career of musical and cultural icon Miles Davis.

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A deep dive into a restless innovator. It feels like sitting in a smoky, dimly lit club, absorbing the complex, often turbulent, genius of a true original. The music is hypnotic, the life story is raw.

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