The Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker uncovers the connections between his recent Sly Stone documentary and his own ...

Director Questlove and producer Joseph Patel tell IndieWire about finding the documentary balance between music nerdom and the life of Sly Stone.

Questlove, who also wrote the book's foreword, has worked frequently with Greenman, who has penned memoirs on George Clinton, Brian Wilson, Gene Simmons and more. "For as long as I can remember folks ...

When Sly Stone died in June at the age of 82, one of those mourning him at his funeral was in a unique position to appreciate the full extent of his musical gifts, as a brilliant talent himself – the ...

“Before I started the film, I just started with small focus groups. I went to my moms like, ‘Alright, what do you think happened to Sly Stone?’ ‘Oh, man, he was such a genius. Then he started hanging ...

While screening the documentary “Sly Lives!,” producer Joseph Patel told Variety’s senior entertainment writer Angelique Jackson that the filmmakers were not sure if their subject, Sly Stone, would ...

Questlove, drummer and co-founder of The Roots, will be honored with the 2025 Peabody Trailblazer Award on October 10 in Los ...

Live At Winchester Cathedral 1967 represents the first-ever release of a previously unheard recording of a 26 March 1967 Sly ...

“Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)” road tests a theory that its director, Ahmir Questlove Thompson, has had for a while, and that’s articulated in the Hulu documentary by Dream Hampton: ...

The team behind 'Sly Lives!' revealed to Variety's Angelique Jackson that the musician loved the documentary, and showing a new side of his career.

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is a timekeeper by profession. As a drummer, he's the co-frontman of the Grammy-winning hip-hop band The Roots. He is also a historian, an author of books and a maker of ...