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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

2025

Movie

112 min

Documentary

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96%

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.

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Pawl liked

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

The blaze of brilliance and the tragedy of burning out

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teague liked

SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

don’t do drugs

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SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)

A kind of boring documentary about someone who used to be famous, isnt it crazy that you can be a mega super star and a couple of years later no one will even know you existed.

Overall generic story—> man get fame—> man snorts coke—> ruins career for drugs.
4/10