To follow up his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson turned his focus on one of the landmark acts ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and 1970s. Sponsor Message The group's hits, including "Everyday ...

André 3000, D'Angelo, Chaka Khan, and more speak on the 'Black genius' that is Sly Stone. Questlove can be seen asking André 3000 if he believes in the concept of “Black genius” before quick ...

Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius) has two things going on, the first being a celebration of a genius singer-songwriter-producer who never really made it into the pantheon of greats.

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Watch the director talk about his process for examining ‘The Burden of Black Genius’ from our Pass the Remote Panel at Vidiots Foundation. But as celebratory as the event was, it was ...

He says his new Sly Stone documentary, 'SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)', is the closest he could get to “a press the panic button” Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Questlove is opening ...

In the debut of his new music documentary, Sly Lives (aka The Burden of Black Genius), director and musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson unveiled the famed life, and struggles of one of Black ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s hits, including “Everyday People,” “Dance to ...

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will be ... the first... Questlove confronts ...