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.

‘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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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'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, ...

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 looks at the life and legacy of the groundbreaking band Sly and the Family Stone in "SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)." The doc premieres on Hulu Feb. 13.

“SLY LIVES! (a.k.a The Burden of Black Genius)” is musician and filmmaker Questlove’s follow-up to his magnificent, Oscar-winning 2021 film, “Summer of Soul (… ...