Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

2019 · 115 min · EN · 7.1 (96 votes)
Dir. Stanley Nelson · Starring Carl Lumbly, Reginald Petty, Quincy Troupe, Farah Griffin, Lee Annie Bonner, Ashley Kahn

“You don't know Miles”

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An immersive look at the eventful life and brilliant artistic career of visionary American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis (1926-1991).

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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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