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The Treatment

Don Cheadle: Miles Ahead

The Treatment

KCRW

Arts

4.6639 Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2016

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Actor Don Cheadle joins Elvis Mitchell to discuss portraying jazz legend Miles Davis in his directorial debut, Miles Ahead.

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0:00.0

On To the Point, we try to make sense of the policy debates and the political side shows on the campaign trail.

0:05.8

You have this kind of asymmetrical warfare coming from a guy who's great at a soundbite, lousy at an answer.

0:11.4

Are you looking for your own billionaire?

0:13.2

Nope. No, I don't want my own billionaire. I'm going to raise the vast majority of the money.

0:17.0

Race yourself America for what?

0:19.3

King Trump.

0:21.1

I'm Warren Alney.

0:22.1

To the Point has you covered for the 2016 campaign.

0:25.2

Find the To the Point podcast on KCRW's iTunes page.

0:30.1

From KCRW Santa Monica and KCRW.com, it's the Treatment.

0:45.1

Check it, check, check, check.

0:52.8

The person checking the mic across from me is the star, director, and co-writer of Miles ahead.

0:53.2

He's been here for any number of occasions, of course,

0:56.2

for his TV series on Showtime House of Lines. But he is

1:00.9

Don Cheadle, and the story is the story of a day in the life of

1:05.3

Miles Davis. It would be very specific about this, so people go

1:07.8

thinking, wait, why wasn't he in this fight? He's only 15 years old in St. Louis.

1:14.4

It's a lot of material to boil down,

1:16.4

but it's a really fascinating film.

1:18.9

And Don Chilohel's here to talk about.

1:20.5

First of all, thanks so much you're coming to talk about the film.

1:22.6

Thank you for having me, Elvis.

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