"Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)" unpacks the complicated legacy of Sly Stone. It premiered at Sundance, and hits ...
Sly Lives!' director 'Questlove' shines a spotlight on the genius of Sly Stone and how he influenced a generation of artists ...
Sly Stone, founder, frontman and namesake of Sly and the Family Stone, has deserved to be the subject of a documentary since the heyday of his eponymous, chart-topping, mixed-gender, racially ...
The video showcases the band’s meteoric rise and the cultural impact of its enigmatic frontman Sly Stone. The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival on Thursday, and is set to release ...
Questlove rounded up musical talent to share praises on Sly Stone in the new documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).
Questlove premiered his new documentary, "Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" at the Sundance Film Festival. The ...
I was not present at all." Questlove echoes Washington's thoughts in Sly Lives!, as fans and artists reckon with the turn Stone's career took. "You were at that place that every musician wants to ...
SLY LIVES! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) feels like the natural evolution of Questlove’s filmmaking style from his debut.
The Oscar-winning documentarian and musician calls Sly Stone the first Black celebrity of many to "have fallen by the ...
Ahmir “ Questlove ” Thompson famously won an Oscar for his documentary “Summer of Soul” in 2022… just moments after “The Slap ...