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Directed by | Stanley Nelson Jr. |
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Narrated by | Carl Lumbly[2] |
Edited by | Lewis Erskine[1] |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
Language | English |
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool is a 2019 American documentary film about Miles Davis, directed by Stanley Nelson Jr.[4][5][6][7]
The film was made for the PBS American Masters television series[8] and premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival.[9][10] It uses interviews that Nelson has done with people who knew Davis, and with scholars, as well as still photographs and film clips. The text of the voice-over narration (performed by Carl Lumbly) is entirely by Davis.[8]
The film won two Emmy Awards in 2021 for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary and Outstanding Sound.[11] It was also nominated for Best Music Film at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards in 2019, but lost to Beyoncé's Homecoming.