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

There's a riot going on in Questlove's follow-up to his Oscar-winning concert doc Summer of Soul, not least in the wardrobe ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

"Sly Lives! (AKA the Burden of Black Genius)" paints a complicated portrait of Sly and the Family Stone founder Sly Stewart.

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 ...

Phunne Stone reveals the disturbing byproduct of her musician father's debauchery in Questlove's new documentary, "Sly Lives!

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 ...