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Film / 2025
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Directed by
Questlove
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band's reign while shedding light on the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
The story
An examination of the life and legacy of Sly & The Family Stone – the groundbreaking band led by the charismatic Sly Stone – that captures the band's reign while shedding light on the burden that comes with success for Black artists in America.
Cast
Sly StoneSelf
André 3000Self
George ClintonSelf
D'AngeloSelf
Vernon ReidSelf
Chaka KhanSelf
Nile RodgersSelf
Rose StoneSelf
Jerry MartiniSelf
Freddie StoneSelf
Greg ErricoSelf
Cynthia RobinsonSelf (archive footage)
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Larry GrahamSelf
Rustee Allen
Q-TipSelf
Clive DavisSelf
Jimmy JamSelf
Terry LewisSelf
dream hamptonSelf
Ruth CopelandSelf
Phunne Robinson
Sylvester Stewart Jr.
Dick CavettSelf
Ed SullivanSelf (archive footage)
David Letterman
Mike DouglasSelf (archive footage)
QuestloveSelf
PrinceSelf (archive footage)
Grace Slick
LL Cool J
David KapralikSelf (archive footage)
David Froelich
Janet Jackson
Connie Chung
Al DeMarino
Bobby WomackSelf (archive footage)
Suzanne de Passe
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