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.

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)’ on Hulu, A Thoughtful Questlove-Directed Doc About The Leader Of Sly and The Family Stone ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family Stone in the 1960s and 1970s. The group’s hits, including “Everyday People,” “Dance to ...

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 ...

However, there are plenty of others, including other Black artists like D'Angelo ... to catalog here because he is considered a musical genius in that he was a pioneer and he did things that ...

Musician and documentary filmmaker Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is back to talk about his new Hulu documentary about Sly Stone. It's called SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius).

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By Tracey Thorn The other night Ben and I watched the new Sly Stone documentary, Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius). Directed by Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, it’s an exploration and ...

Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) - Trailer (English) HD ...