Miles Davis stared into the void and invented an entire aesthetic.
Documentary exploring the meaning and history of cool through the American music that started in the 1940s in the bars of New York and LA, and became known as cool jazz.
Direction
Wall lets the musicians speak without over-explaining.
Editing
Archival footage flows like improvised brushstrokes.
Director
Anthony Wall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
'Cool' emerged partly as Black artists' psychological armor against racism—detachment as survival strategy.
Chet Baker's interview footage captures a man already ghosting his own life.
US
