1 day ago · TITLE: SLY LIVES!(aka The Burden of Black Genius) Section: Premieres Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson. Logline: An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone — the ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) is a 2025 American documentary film, directed by Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson.It explores the life, career, and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone.. It had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 23, 2025, and is scheduled to be released on February 13, 2025, by Hulu.

Jan 23, 2025 · Family Stone members Jerry Martini, Larry Graham Jr. and Greg Errico are featured in Sly Lives!, alongside Andre 3000, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, D’Angelo, Nile Rogers and Clive Davis.

5 days ago · 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,...

6 days ago · This image released by the Sundance Institute shows Sly Stone in “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. ... debuted his latest dispatch from Ukraine, “2000 Meters to Andriivka,” a harrowing journey to the front lines of a 2023 ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Sly and the Family Stone’s first album, “A Whole New Thing,” was too ahead of its time to catch on (it was a commercial dud), and Sly was told that to save the band he needed to create a hit ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Questlove Tells Sly Stone’s Human Story In ‘SLY LIVES!’ Documentary: Watch Trailer. The Hulu original is set to debut on Feb. 13.

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius): Directed by Questlove. With André 3000, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Nile Rodgers. It focuses on the life and legacy of Sly and the Family Stone, telling the story behind the rise, reign and fadeout of one of pop music's most influential artists.

6 days ago · A few hours later, at the Eccles, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who won an Oscar for “Summer of Soul” in 2022, unveiled his Sly Stone portrait, “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genuis).”

6 days ago · A few hours later, at the Eccles, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who won an Oscar for “Summer of Soul” in 2022, unveiled his Sly Stone portrait, “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genuis).”