Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Synopsis
Using words from Miles Davis' autobiography, this film offers an incisive insight into our understanding of the legendary musician. Newly released archival material, alongside interviews with pre-eminent historians and personal friends like Quincy Jones, illustrate a man of intensity and devotion to his craft. Despite the indignities of America during the time of segregation, nothing was going to stop Davis from realising his dream: to create a new form of musical expression. Davis worked like a physicist with his collaborators to push musical experimentation and widen the tones and lyricism of jazz - the effects of which are felt to this day.
Delving into his past loves, personal relationships and addictions, a clearer portrait of Davis the man emerges. Davis is fearless and engaging throughout, and his intellectual fervor is only tempered by his insecurities. Director Stanley Nelson’s epic biopic collects the strands of a creative life and weaves them together for us to understand one of the great modern American artists like never before.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Documentary Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection Hot Docs 2019 - Special Presentations
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Create Strand
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 113 min
- Director
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Stanley Nelson
- Producer
- Nicole London, Stanley Nelson
- Executive Producer
- Terry Shand, Geoff Kempin, Michael Kantor
- Editor
- Lewis Erskine; Assistant Editor: Yusuf Kapadia
- Image
- ©Firelight Films, Inc.
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
US, UK co-production
Firelight Films, Inc. (US) production with support of Eagle Rock Film Productions (UK)
Eagle Rock Film Productions
c/o Eagle Rock EntertainmentEagle House
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