Questlove’s follow-up to "Summer of Soul" is a darker film that explores the question through the famous frontman of Sly & ...

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

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

His latest triumph, "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)," reunites him with collaborator Questlove to explore not just the meteoric rise of Sly ...

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.

Clip for 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)' starring André Benjamin, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Nile Rodgers, ...

Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” examines the influential Sly and the Family Stone front man. It also probes a ...

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters ...

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

At long last, Questlove’s highly-anticipated documentary SLY LIVES! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) has been released. The ...

Clip for 'Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)' starring André Benjamin, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Nile Rodgers, ...

In the last few moments of “Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” director Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove, shows his audience a montage of great Black artists who’ve publicly crashed and burned ...