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(aka the Burden of Black Genius)” looks at the life and legacy of funk musician Sly Stone. The documentary, filled with rich archival footage and interviews, has been described as “dazzling ...

Sly Stone is an outsized character. I loved that he had a couple of his siblings in the band. The band represented the whole of America. There were family members, white people, black people.

(aka The Burden of Black Genius), a film that bursts with the beats, melodies, and virtuosic creativity of Sylvester Stewart, stage name Sly Stone, the brilliant songwriter and bandleader whose ...

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