Hollywood liberal George Clooney promoted his new play on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on Tuesday night, saying it ...

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

Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Elvis at last month’s Sundance Film Festival to share what Black genius means to him… and to tease ...

aka the Burden of Black Genius,” which focuses on the life and career of the brilliant but troubled musician Sly Stone and his group Sly and the Family Stone, is both a conventional documentary ...

(aka The Burden of Black Genius). The film focuses on Sly Stone, a funk musician who headed up Sly & the Family Stone in the ...

Moreover, Sly Stone's music has renewed interest as well. Questlove's film Sly Lives, which is about his genius as well as the pressures that beset him as a Black musician, has raised awareness ...

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

Sly Stone's haunting genius, the genius that's inspired musicians like Thompson for decades, came at a cost. "Sly's story will also wind up subsequently being everyone's story in Black entertainment." ...

This movie, “Sly Lives!,” tells Stone’s life as one of those ... “The Burden of Black Genius” is what follows in a parenthetical, but “Black” gets a strikethrough.

Questlove's second documentary, SLY LIVES!, is a bit formulaic, but the love for Sly and the Family Stone's music elevates ...

Questlove’s follow-up to ‘Summer of Soul’ is a darker film that explores the question through the famous frontman of Sly & the Family Stone “SLY LIVES! (a.k.a The Burden of Black Genius ...