Sly Lives!, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s documentary on the good life and hard times of a frontman and Family man that opened the Sundance Film Festival, wants to connect some dots for you.

Sundance: Questlove On ‘Sly Lives!’ Secret Heart, His Park City Return, ‘SNL’ Music Film, New Roots Album & Self-Sabotage. Dominic Patten. Fri, January 24, 2025 at 12:24 AM UTC.

Questlove Set Out to Answer One Question With the Documentary ‘Sly Lives!’: What Is Black Genius? The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the ...

Questlove on Sly Stone: ‘His Artistry Came With a Burden’ Questlove, director of the Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives , looks back at the late artist's genius and pain in a new essay By Ahmir ...

‘Sly Lives!,’ the original documentary about legendary musician Sly Stone directed by Roots founder and Oscar-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, will premiere Thursday, Feb. 13 ...

Like so many rock docs, Sly Lives! is both a tribute and a cautionary tale. It’d be impossible for it not to be. Stone’s meteoric rise eventually led to a long, slow comedown, as the rocker ...

Questlove directs Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), a doc about Sly Stone that finds wider import in what it meant when he became a kind of Black Elvis.

Questlove's Sly Stone Documentary, 'Sly Lives!,' to Premiere on Hulu in February (EXCLUSIVE) In the film, artists who have lived that experience — including Outkast’s Andre 3000, ...

Musician and Oscar-winning director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson on his new film for Hulu, “SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius),” which details the rise and fall of the enigmatic Sly Stone.

"In terms of impact and the kind of shift they created, there isn’t a greater American band," said Vernon Reid of Sly and the Family Stone.