"His eyes reveal a precociousness and a lucidity that's there, but his motor function doesn't exist," Joseph Patel said of ...

Questlove’s follow-up to "Summer of Soul" is a darker film that explores the question through the famous frontman of Sly & ...

The new documentary “Sly Lives, aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but ...

What is Black genius?” It’s a slightly sideways question that results in some blank looks, but the filmmaker’s point is this: ...

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black ...

In SLY LIVES!, Questlove documents the genius of a funk trailblazer — and the pressure Sly felt as a Black artist. "Sly will ...

Boom laka laka laka! Boom laka laka laka!” It’s hard to believe that there was a time when such an utterance was unknown to ...

Questlove’s new documentary aims to dissect the forward-looking brilliance of Sly Stone and his band, but mostly it traces their downward arc.

(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 ...