Questlove & Black Thought’s Two One Five Entertainment Brings AGBO Vet Josh Williams On Board As Scripted Development Director
Formed in 2019, and having inked a first look deal with Universal Television, Two One Five Entertainment sold a stake in the ...
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Questlove on the 'Burden of Black Genius' in his sophomore Onyx Collective film, 'Sly Lives!'
In his sophomore documentary with Onyx Collective, "Sly Lives! The Burden of Black Genius," Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson unpacks the weights of success, artistry, and legacy for Black entertainers.
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Get Your Reps In: Take Another Spin Down “Lost Highway”
Lost Highway poses one of David Lynch’s deepest pet questions—from where does unspeakable violence originate? As was his inimitable way, the late master offers refracted layers of ...
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Questlove’s ‘Sly Lives!’ Shows How Black Artists Are Both Geniuses and Everyday People
After more than 30 years out of the spotlight — and another 10 in which his personal and legal troubles sadly dominated more headlines than his music — Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s ...
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Ahmir ‘Questlove’ Thompson & Joseph Patel Discuss ‘Sly Lives!’ | Billboard in Conversation
Billboard‘s Deputy Editorial Director Damien Scott spoke with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (executive producer and director) and Joseph Patel (producer) of Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black ...
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Questlove Regrets Not Having an 'Intervention Talk' with Black Artists Who Suffered a 'Career-Ruining Moment'
Her work previously appeared in CNBC, PAPER Magazine and Los Angeles Magazine. Rich Polk/Variety via Getty Questlove is opening up about mental health and what he wishes he could have done for ...
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Questlove uses photo of Will Smith in Sly Stone documentary 3 years after slap overshadowed his Oscar win
Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson is interrogating the burden that comes with Black fame, and he's reflecting on his eventful 2022 Oscar win to do it. The montage, which puts a photographic black strip ...
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Sundance: Questlove On ‘Sly Lives!’ Secret Heart, His Park City Return, ‘SNL’ Music Film, New Roots Album & Self-Sabotage
The first time Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson had a film at the Sundance Film Festival, The Roots co-founder never got to share it with a live audience due to the Covid lockdown that saw the 2021 ...
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Questlove Speaks About Including Will Smith in ‘Sly Lives!’ Montage About ‘The Burden of Black Genius’
The infamous Slap, an example of "multiple sabotagings happening at once," per Questlove, was an example of many of the ideas presented in his new film about the pressure Black artists are under.
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February 12, 2025 • Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson says that telling Sly Stone's story with empathy was a way to open a conversation about Black artists and mental health. February 10, 2025 • In ...
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‘SLY LIVES!’ asks: What is the burden of Black genius?
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 ...
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‘Sly Lives!’ is More Than Just Questlove’s Doc on Sly Stone. It’s a Funked-Up Look at Genius
Yet Questlove & co. would like to put the complete story of the man behind it in context, as well as rescuing him from a narrative that puts its emphasis on the past few erratic decades.