An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone — the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic and enigmatic Sly Stone — captures the band’s rise, reign, and subsequent fadeout while ...

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

About an hour into Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s debut feature “Summer of Soul,” Sylvester Stewart (aka Sly Stone) and his ...

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

Questlove's second documentary, SLY LIVES!, is a bit formulaic, but the love for Sly and the Family Stone's music elevates ...

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

But Questlove unexpectedly leans heavier on his title’s parenthetical addendum in order to illuminate some deeper truths ...

"Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)" unpacks the complicated legacy of Sly Stone. It premiered at Sundance, and hits ...

The trailer showcases iconic clips of Sly performing and doing what he loves, while simultaneously showing the side of his ...

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 ...