The documentary, which premieres on Hulu today, made its debut on January 25th at theSundance Film Festivalto widespread critical praise. Variety called it a “a dazzling and definitive funk-pop documentary,” with Vulture writing, “You walk out of Sly Lives! feeling like you’ve genuinely le...
WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) STREAMING ON HULU NOW Legacy Recordings, the catalog division of Sony Music Entertainment, Mass Distraction Media, documentary producers David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, and Joseph Patel alongside filmmaker, director, producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson ...
which showed some spark of the old Sly Stone, 'Heard Ya Missed Me, Well I'm Back' begins the downward slide he'd never recover from. There's a new band here, though once again Stone is responsible for much of it himself.
A pleasant surprise available digitally today and on CD and 2LP in May is the soundtrack to an exciting new documentary about one of the great musical icons of the '60s: Sly Stone. SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)- the latest documentary by The Roots' drummer Ahmir "Questlov...
New documentaries about Selena, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Jeff Buckley and Sly Stone are among the films competing at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.
Original Oscar-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directs his sophomore feature documentary follow-up to “Summer of Soul.” SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmat...
Original Oscar-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson directs his sophomore feature documentary follow-up to “Summer of Soul.” SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmat...
Questlove and Sly Stone Getty Images Share Hot off an Oscar win for his 2021 directorial debut “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is preparing to return to the director’s chair for another documentary about Black music histor...
The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone, is both a conventional documentary and an extremely unconventional one.Like its predecessor, the Osc...
Topics Documentaries Netflix Streaming Siddhant Adlakha Siddhant Adlakha is a film critic and entertainment journalist originally from Mumbai. He currently resides in New York, and is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle. Recommended For You Questlove's Sly Stone doc explores the burden...