Questlove uses a photo of Will Smith in his new Sly Stone documentary — three years after Smith's infamous slap overshadowed ...

His extraordinary musical gifts were apparent early on. After a teaser opening that poses one of the film’s central questions ...

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 documentary traces Sly Stone's career, from popular DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area to frontman for a groundbreaking ...

The musician and filmmaker discussed The Roots and his new documentaries 'Sly Lives' and 'Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of ...

In a fascinating new documentary on Hulu, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson turns the enduring myth of Sly Stone into a very human ...

The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but ...

Musician and filmmaker Questlove follows his Oscar-winning "Summer of Soul" documentary with one on funk legend Sly Stone, in "Sly Lives! AKA The Burden of Black Genius." ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black ...

including the Oscar. “Even though my experience with Summer of Soul was one of the most magical, transformative moments of my life … there’s a fear of winning, because if you’re too successful then ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius), the musician and Oscar-winning filmmaker compared Sly Stone's fall from fame in the '70s to the pressures Black artists often face. Questlove (real name ...

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