Miles (2026)

Together with the Amsterdam music platform Steppin’ into Tomorrow we will watch a new documentary about jazz legend Miles Davis, who would have turned 100 this year. Numerous films have already been made about him, but director Patrick Savey is taking a different approach. MILES does not attempt to explain who Miles Davis was, but explores how he created. Through the stories of musicians who played with him – including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Marcus Miller, John McLaughlin and Carlos Santana – a picture emerges of a radical approach to his work: without fixed frameworks, without certainties, driven by risk and innovation. Miles did not provide answers. He created situations. The result is a mosaic-like documentary about creation in motion — and about an artist who, time and again, let go of the familiar to embrace the unknown.

Melkweg often hosts different types of programmes at the same time, such as concerts, club nights and films. Please note that there may occasionally be some noise pollution from other programmes during the screening.