Questlove rounded up an A-list group of Black musical talent to share their praises of the "Black genius" Sly Stone in the ...

“Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” is a dazzling and definitive funk-pop documentary. It’s the second “jawn” ...

SLY LIVES! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) feels like the natural evolution of Questlove’s filmmaking style from his debut.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson has worked with, played behind, musically directed, and collaborated with the most brilliant Black music talents of several generations as the bandleader of the Legendary ...

Ahmir “ Questlove ” Thompson famously won an Oscar for his documentary “Summer of Soul” in 2022… just moments after “The Slap ...

The film immediately envelops us in band leader Sly Stone’s extraordinary musical talent while asking: “What is the burden of Black genius?” Related Stories Festivals First Sundance Deal ...

Questlove's latest music doc, 'SLY LIVES!', covers the life and legacy of the charismatic and enigmatic music genius Sly Stone.

Melodically vital and bracingly frank, Questlove’s uptempo Sundance documentary “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” ...

With his new film “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” Questlove expands upon the brief section dedicated to the band from “Summer of Soul” into a full feature. His motives for ...

Questlove sets out to understand the tensions faced by Black geniuses ... It gathers Stone’s community to reflect on his genius and gives the artist, who wrestled with anxiety, substance ...

But for his first film since the Oscar- and Bafta-winning Summer Of Soul (2021) director Ahmir ’Questlove’ Thompson ...

And he did. Dramatically. That’s what the subtitle of the movie (“The Burden of Black Genius”) is about. Sly, on a basic level, destroyed his success with drugs, becoming a wastrel cocaine ...