“Sly Lives!”, the original documentary about legendary musician Sly Stone directed by Roots founder and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, will premiere Thursday, February 13 on Hulu.

Guests on the documentary, subtitled “Aka The Burden of Black Genius,” and coming via Disney’s Onyx Collective, include Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and George Clinton, Ruth Copeland and Clive Davis. Other guests include his Sly and the Family Stone bandmates Jerry Martini, Greg Errico, Larry Graham and the late Cynthia Robinson, as well as family members Sylvette Phunne Robinson, Novena Carmel and Sylvester Stewart Jr.

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Below is a new trailer for the film, which will premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Sly and the Family Stone formed in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1966 and quickly became a pioneering ’60s group with a rare, multi-ethnic and gender-diverse lineup for the time, an explosive mix of pop, soul and rock, and relentless positivity Songs like “Dance to the Music”, “Everyday People” and “Stand!” and “You can do it if you try.” The 1969 released “Stand!” by the group Das The album and the electrifying performance at the Woodstock festival cemented them as one of the biggest groups in the world, but drugs and ego overtook Sly, the band’s lead singer, songwriter and undisputed leader, and although he continued to have hits for several years, he gradually developed into a spiral. was withdrawn and homeless for a time. He has made several comeback attempts, but none have really taken off; However, his condition has improved in recent years and he collaborated with Questlove and writer Ben Greenman on an autobiography published last year called Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), named after one of the band’s biggest hits Group.

The film is helmed by the creatives behind Onyx Collective’s Oscar-winning documentary “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”: director Questlove, producer Joseph Patel and editor Josh Pearson. The film comes from MRC, Network Entertainment Inc., Two One Five Entertainment Inc., RadicalMedia, Stardust Films LLC and ID8 Multimedia, Inc. in association with Sony Music Entertainment. It is produced by Patel and Derik Murray. Executive producers are Amit Dey, Brian Gersh (Network Entertainment Inc.), Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (Two One Five Entertainment Inc.), Shawn Gee (Two One Five Entertainment Inc.), Zarah Zohlman (Two One Five Entertainment Inc.) , Common (Stardust Films LLC), Derek Dudley (ID8 Multimedia, Inc.), Shelby Stone (ID8 Multimedia, Inc.), Ron Weisner, Paul Gertz (Network Entertainment Inc.), Kent Wingerak (Network Entertainment Inc.), Ali Pejman (Network Entertainment Inc.), Jon Kamen (RadicalMedia) and Dave Sirulnick (RadicalMedia).

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