Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
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Runtime: 1 Hr. 55 Min. Rating: Release Year: 2019 Film Info: Screening Format: DCP
Visit Website Director: Stanley Nelson Producer: Stanley Nelson, Nicole London Cinematographer: Henry Adebonojo, Herve Cohen, Eric Coleman, Marc Gerke, Jerry Henry, Mead Hunt, Clare Major, Antonio Rossi Editor: Lewis Erskine, Yusuf Kapadia, Natasha Mottola

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Sponsored by: We Energies Foundation

 

Few musicians have undergone as many stunning transformations as Miles Davis, changing the sound and trajectory of jazz and popular music several times over. Multi-MFF alum Stanley Nelson (two this year alone) deftly explores the stories behind Davis' ever-changing sound. Pairing the artistry of Nelson, one of our preeminent documentarians, with the sultry heat of Davis’ music makes for an experience that hits all the right notes.

 

"It's a film that Miles himself would recognize - truthful, gritty, elegantly musical, unpredictable and even surprising - the kind of complex yet elegiac tribute a man as relentlessly real as Miles Davis deserves." - San Francisco Chronicle

 

"The film is kind of brilliant in the way it covers and contextualizes more than 50 years of groundbreaking music in barely two hours." - Toronto Star

 

"If you're a Miles Davis fanatic from way back and think you already know everything about him, the movie, with its sharply edited interviews and stunning archival reach, fills in nuances of the man that feel fresh and new." - Variety

 

 

Community Partners: City Net Cafe, BlankSpaceMKE, Milwaukee Art Museum’s African American Art Alliance, The Jazz Estate, Ko-Thi Dance Company

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