Stanley Nelson will direct the documentary “Attica” that details the prison rebellion that transpired in the fall of 1971 in upstate New York and still stands as the largest and deadliest the country has ever witnessed.
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
NAME OF FILM: MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL
DIRECTOR(S): Stanley Nelson
STARRING: Ron Carter, Jimmy Cobb, Miles Davis
GENRE: Documentary Film
SYNOPSIS: With his dark shades stylish clothes and enigmatic personality jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis was the personification of cool. But who was he really?
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Documentary MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL to World Premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2019
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