“Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” road tests a theory that its director, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, has had for a while, and that’s articulated in the Hulu documentary by Dream Hampton: ...

Questlove’s Sly Stone documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), out now on Hulu, features interviews with artists like D’Angelo, Q-Tip, and Andre 3000 talking about the Family Stone ...

While screening the documentary “Sly Lives!,” producer Joseph Patel told Variety’s senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson that the filmmakers were not sure if their subject, Sly Stone, would ...

Growing up, Sly Stone’s daughter wanted to be just like the star in every way. Phunne Stone is sharing the dark side of her childhood in a new Hulu documentary, "Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black ...

"Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" came out on Hulu this week. The documentary traces Sly Stone's career, from popular DJ in the San Francisco Bay Area to frontman for a groundbreaking ...

André Joseph is a movie features writer at Collider. Born and raised in New York City, he graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor's Degree in Film. He freelances as an independent filmmaker, ...

The drummer-producer and documentarian explains why that theme was central to his film on the funk band Sly and the Family Stone. By Ethan Millman Music Editor In the first five minutes of Sly Lives! ...

When Sly Stone died in June at the age of 82, one of those mourning him at his funeral was in a unique position to appreciate the full extent of his musical gifts, as a brilliant talent himself – the ...

*The ultra reclusive Sly Stone will tip out of the shadows for a new documentary that examines his private life and rise to fame performing a groundbreaking swirl of rock, funk and soul. While there ...

Director Questlove and producer Joseph Patel tell IndieWire about creating a balance between music nerdom and the life of Sly Stone in their documentary. So “Sly Lives!” is a few different things at ...