By WKTV Staff
ken@wktv.org

WKTV and The Kamla Show, a show known for “authentic conversations with real people,” will present a special episode focused on director Stanley Nelson’s new documentary “Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool”, with three airings the week of Sept. 16.

The episode of the The Kamla Show will be shown on WKTV Monday, Sept. 16, at 3 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 17, at 11:30 a.m.; and Friday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m.

“Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool”, according to supplied material, “makes for an absorbing watch” as Nelson uses rare archival footage, photos and interviews with musicians to paint a complex picture of this famous and complicated musician and composer.

The film is named after the 1957 seminal album “Birth of Cool”, which is considered an important milestone in the history and evolution of  modern jazz. The film highlights the high and low points, as well as his complicated relationship with the women in his life.

“Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” screened at the 2019 SFFILM festival, which is where the producers of The Kamla Show caught up with Erin Davis (son of Miles Davis) and Vince WIlbrun Jr. (nephew of Miles Davis).

“We spoke to them about their memories of Miles Davis, what music meant to him, his love for technology and his fondness for cooking,” the producers of the show state.

“Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool” releases in September in the United States.

To view the trailer for the film visit here.

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For complete schedules of programs on WKTV channels, see our Weekly On-air Schedule.