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'Sly Lives!' Director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson & Producer Joseph Patel

IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit · Aug 19, 2025 · 36:06

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"Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)" is a documentary that knows to tell the story of Sly Stone's life and music, you need exceptional craft and storytelling discipline. From depicting music with experimental visuals, to convincing some of music's biggest names to talk on camera, listen to these two filmmakers, musicians, and friends explain how the story was told mattered as much as what they included.
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