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The Oscar-winning director is back for another essential music documentary and will appear following a screening of his film ...
The documentary ‘Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)’ explores the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Sly & The ...
Questlove’s latest film shifts the focus entirely to Sly. In Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the filmmaker uses extensive interviews and archival footage to begin to unravel one of ...
SLY LIVES! (AKA THE BURDEN OF BLACK GENIUS) - SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) examines the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone, the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic ...
The alienation of success — particularly as it relates to Black artists — is one of the themes Questlove explores in his new documentary, SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses ...
Lionel Hahn/ Questlove defends the “audacity” Maria Shriver showed — in an old interview that’s central to his film — by trying to get Sly Stone to acknowledge he “blew it” in letting drugs derail his ...
"but it's also about the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America." Producers of 'Sly Lives!' say their film is “an empathetic human story about the cost of genius.” ...
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Questlove on the 'Burden of Black Genius' in Hulu film, 'Sly Lives!' In his sophomore documentary with Onyx Collective, "Sly Lives! The Burden of Black Genius," Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson unpacks ...
Hear from the director and social media stars here. Questlove on the 'Burden of Black Genius' in Hulu film, 'Sly Lives!' ...
"This is a movie about Sly Stone," he tells UCR, "but it's also about the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America." 50 Years Ago: Sly and Family Stone Splinter on 'Family ...