To follow up his Oscar-winning Summer of Soul, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson turned his focus on one of the landmark acts ...

Questlove’s latest film shifts the focus entirely to Sly. In Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius), the filmmaker uses ...

“Sly Lives” is as enthralling a document of his and the group’s rise and heyday as you’ll ever see. A large part of the reason for the film’s authority is down to Questlove, and not just ...

Between Sly Lives! promotion here in Park City, being bandleader on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, running a book imprint, tours and more, Questlove career as a filmmaker is growing in ...

Ultimately, Questlove realized that the people whose guts he wanted to hit would not all come to “Sly Lives!” with the same level of familiarity with his subject. “Imagine, ‘I never heard ...

Questlove, who directs the film, won an Oscar for his 2021 documentary "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not ...

By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic In Sly Lives! Questlove sets out to understand the tensions faced by Black geniuses, artists who always seem ahead of the curve and whose talents defy ...

Questlove said that asking that question of ... That’s also because the 82-year-old Stone wasn’t interviewed for the movie. “Sly Lives!” is fundamentally more concerned with his impact ...

Sly Lives! (AKA The Burden of Black Genius ... the book is always there if it feels at times that Questlove is racing through the timeline. Nevertheless, the archive material is stunning, not ...

During the Sundance Film Festival, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson was in his zone at the turntables for the premiere party for Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius). It's his latest film ...

In Park City straight from NYC, Questlove spoke with me to discuss Sly Lives! and how making the film changed him and his music. The Grammy winner also reveals some of what happened to him after ...