Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)

Genres - Documentary, Music | Release Date - Feb 13, 2025 | Run Time - 112 min. | Countries - United States of America | MPAA Rating - TV-MA

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Sly Stone

Self / Self - Singer, Sly & The Family Stone

André Benjamin

Self / Self - Musician

Clive Davis

Self / Self - Record Executive

Connie Chung

Self - TV Journalist

David Bowie

Self - Musician

David Letterman

Self - Late Night with David Letterman

Dick Cavett

Self - Host, The Dick Cavett Show

Ed Sullivan

Self - Host, The Ed Sullivan Show

George Clinton

Self / Self - Founder, Parliament

Grace Slick

Self - Singer

Janet Jackson

Self - Singer

LL Cool J

Self - Rapper

Martin Luther King

Self - Civil Rights Leader

Marvin Gaye

Self - Singer

Mike Douglas

Self - Host, The Mike Douglas Show

Nile Rodgers

Self / Self - Songwriter & Producer

Prince

Self - Musician

Q-Tip

Self / Self - Musician

Robert 'Kool' Bell

Self

Robert F. Kennedy

Self - New York Senator

Rodney Allen Rippy

Self

Stevie Wonder

Self - Musician

Stokely Carmichael

Self - Civil Rights Activist

Greg Errico

Self / Self - Drums, Sly & The Family Stone

Jerry Martini

Self / Self - Saxophone, Sly & The Family Stone

Joel Selvin

Self - Sly & The Family Stone Biographer

Larry Graham

Self / Self - Bass, Sly & The Family Stone

Vernon Reid

Self / Self - Founder, Living Colour

Al DeMarino

Self - Agent, Sly & The Family Stone 1967 - 1975

Arlene Hirschkowitz

Self - Business Manager, Sly Stone

Beastie Boys

Themselves

Bobby Freeman

Self - Singer

Bobby Womack

Self - Singer

Bryant Gumbel

Self - Co-Host, Today

Chaka Khan

Self / Self - Singer

Cynthia Robinson

Self / Self - Trumpet, Sly & The Family Stone

D'Angelo

Self / Self - Musician

David Froelich

Self - Music Professor

David Kapralik

Self - Manager, Sly & The Family Stone 1967 - 1972

Dream Hampton

Self / Self - Filmmaker

Freddie Stone

Self / Self - Guitar, Sly & The Family Stone

Hamp 'Bubba' Banks

Self - Friend of Sly Stone

Jesse Johnson

Self - Musician

Jimmy Jam

Self / Self - Songwriter & Producer

Jungle Brothers

Themselves

Kathy Silva

Self - Sly Stone's Wife

Mark Anthony Neal

Self - Author & Professor

Miles Davis

Self - Musician

Novena Carmel

Self - DJ, KCRW (Los Angeles)

Phunne Robinson

Self - Daughter of Sly Stone & Cynthia Robinson

Rose Stone

Self / Self - Keyboards, Sly & The Family Stone

Rusty Allen

Self - Bass, Sly & The Family Stone 1973 - 1975

Ruth Copeland

Self / Self - Singer

Sly and the Family Stone

Themselves

Slyvester Stewart Jr.

Self - Son of Sly Stone & Kathy Silva

Stephani Swanigan

Self - Assistant to Sly Stone 1968 - 1973

Stephen Paley

Self - A&R, Sly & The Family Stone 1970 - 1975

Suzanne de Passe

Self - Executive, Motown Records

Terry Lewis

Self / Self - Songwriter & Producer

The Beau Brummels

Themselves

The Great Society

Themselves

Tom Donahue

Self - Owner, Autumn Records

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Ali Pejman

Producer, Executive Producer

Amit Dey

Producer

Arlene Hirschkowitz

Producer

Brian Gersh

Producer, Executive Producer

Common

Producer, Executive Producer

Dave Sirulnick

Producer, Executive Producer

Derek Dudley

Producer, Executive Producer

Derik Murray

Producer

Eric Maran

Producer

Gemma Strongman

Producer

Greg Zola

Producer

Jesse James Miller

Producer

Jon Kamen

Producer, Executive Producer

Joseph Patel

Producer

Joshua L Pearson

Editor

Kent Wingerak

Producer, Executive Producer

Michael Rubenstone

Producer

Michael Wills

Producer

Patrick Sheehan

Producer

Paul Gertz

Producer, Executive Producer

Ron Weisner

Producer

Shawn Gee

Producer, Executive Producer

Shelby Stone

Producer, Executive Producer

Stephen Sawchuk

Producer

Zarah Zohlman

Producer, Executive Producer

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