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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 ...
Variety5d
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 ...
The New York Times9d
Questlove on Parsing 50 Years of Music for His ‘S.N.L.’ Documentary
The experience didn’t disappoint. By Alan Light When “Summer of Soul” debuted in 2021, the director Ahmir Thompson, better known as Questlove, was inundated with offers — and that was ...
Rolling Stone7d
‘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 ... mill might have been better served outside of a single-subject profile doc, even as it enhances that very same doc; we’d watch a whole ...
Deadline.com3d
Questlove Goes Deep Into ‘50 Years Of SNL Music’ – Q&A
“I really can’t think of another thing that is as powerful, inspirational and huge as SNL is,” Billie Eilish says in Questlove’s Ladies & Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music documentar ...
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Questlove's new documentary 'Sly Lives!' peels back the curtain on the band, Sly & The Family Stone.
PARK CITY, Utah -- Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson directed the Onyx Collective documentary which tells the story of the groundbreaking band Sly & The Family Stone's rise to fame, their unfortunate ...
CNN5d
Questlove says upcoming ‘SNL’ special is ‘love letter’ to show’s 50 years of musical performances
50 Years of SNL Music | Official Trailer “Ladies & Gentlemen” was co-produced by Oz Rodriguez and Roots drummer and Oscar-winning filmmaker Questlove, who wrote in an Instagram post over the ...
USA Today3d
'SNL' music documentary spills thrills and tea with Prince, Olivia Rodrigo, Miley and more
The architect behind “Ladies & Gentlemen” is Roots drummer and music aficionado Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, who co-directed the special with Oz Rodriguez, an "SNL" producer from seasons 38 ...
IndieWire5d
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.
Deadline.com7d
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 ...
KBIA4d
8 revelations from Questlove's new doc about SNL's music
Directed by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon bandleader and legendary DJ Questlove, with producers RadicalMedia, Ladies and Gentlemen… 50 Years of SNL Music starts with an opening montage which ...