Questlove’s unique documentary about funk pioneer Sly Stone has been set for a February thirteenth premiere on Hulu following its debut on the 2025 Sundance Movie Competition.
Titled Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius), the movie was introduced again in 2021 and can characteristic a star-studded visitor checklist together with André 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, George Clinton, Ruth Copeland, and Clive Davis.
Bandmates from Sly and the Household Stone and relations Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel, and Sylvester Stewart Jr. are additionally set to look. Watch a short teaser trailer under.
Sly Lives! is Questlove’s newest documentary following his 2021 Oscar-winning debut, Summer season of Soul (Or, When the Revolution Might Not Be Televised). He additionally has a doc titled Women & Gents… 50 Years of SNL Music premiering January twenty seventh on NBC.
Questlove and Sly Stone have additionally labored collectively on the singer’s memoir. The drummer penned the foreword for Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), which in October 2023 turned the primary guide revealed on Questlove’s AUWA Books imprint.