*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 ...

Performers at the era-defining festival included Sly and the Family Stone, The Who and more — and they all have tales to tell ...

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 ...

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 ...

Assata Shakur’s daughter confirmed the news of her mother’s passing, who had been living as a fugitive in Cuba after her 1979 prison escape. 21 hours ago “Before I started the film, I just started ...

For Joseph Patel, his Emmy-nominated Hulu documentary Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius) wasn't just another music story - it was a chance to contextualize a towering yet often misunderstood ...

Questlove previously called the untitled doc, which will release in 2026, the "definitive" story about the legendary R&B group.

The Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers the connections between his recent Sly Stone documentary and his own life story. Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is a timekeeper by profession. As a ...

Once upon a time, being in a rock band meant, ipso facto, being in a cover band. There are still plenty of cover bands, of course, but the Beatles and especially punk helped move it from being the ...

“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: ...