Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) - Production & Contact Info

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75 cast members

Name	Known for
Will Smith Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Kendrick Lamar Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Black Panther (2018)
Bob Dylan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Renaldo and Clara (1978)
Dave Chappelle Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Chappelle's Show (2003)
Tupac Shakur Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Juice (1992)
LL Cool J Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Whitney Houston Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Bodyguard (1992)
Lauryn Hill Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
André 3000 Self Self See fewer	Four Brothers (2005)
Janet Jackson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
David Letterman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
Sly Stone Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Stealth (2005)
Aretha Franklin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Dick Cavett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)
Chaka Khan Self Self See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
James Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Ray Charles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Blues Brothers (1980)
Stevie Wonder Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wild Wild West (1999)
Erykah Badu Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Cider House Rules (1999)
Donna Summer Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Thank God It's Friday (1978)
Bobby Brown Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Ghostbusters II (1989)
Robert F. Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
George Clinton Self Self See fewer	Cloverfield (I) (2008)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Jimi Hendrix Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Woodstock (1970)
Suzanne De Passe Self Self See fewer	Lonesome Dove (1989)
Rodney Allen Rippy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Six Million Dollar Man (1974)
Grace Slick Self - Singer (voice) (archive footage) Self - Singer (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	American Hustle (2013)
Q-Tip Self Self See fewer	The Great Gatsby (2013)
Mike Douglas Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Cinderella (1950)
Billie Holiday Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Minority Report (2002)
D'Angelo Self - Musician Self - Musician See fewer	He's Just Not That Into You (2009)
Kathy Silva Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Soylent Green (1973)
Marvin Gaye Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Fidelity (2000)
Martin Luther King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
Walter Cronkite Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Bryant Gumbel Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Contact (1997)
Clive Davis Self Self See fewer	Deadpool 2 (2018)
Nile Rodgers Self Self See fewer	Coming to America (1988)
Connie Chung Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Ike Turner Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Berry Gordy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
Coretta Scott King Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	I Am Somebody (1970)
Curtis Mayfield Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Armageddon (1998)
Vernon Reid Self - Founder, Living Colour Self - Founder, Living Colour See fewer	Say Anything (1989)
Dream Hampton Self Self See fewer	Treasure: From Tragedy to Trans Justice Mapping a Detroit Story (2015)
Jimmy Jam Self Self See fewer	64th Grammy Awards Premiere Ceremony (2022)
Angela Davis Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Untitled Angela Davis Project
Ruth Copeland Self Self See fewer	Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
Mark Anthony Neal Self Self See fewer	Being Mary Jane (2013)
Charlie Parker Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Seven (1995)
Terry Lewis Self Self See fewer	Mo' Money (1992)
Bobby Womack Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Dredd (2012)
Stokely Carmichael Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
Greg Errico Self - Drums, Sly & The Family Stone Self - Drums, Sly & The Family Stone See fewer	Apocalypse Now (1979)
Maurice White Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002)
Slyvester Stewart Jr. Self Self See fewer	Unsung (2008)
Cynthia Robinson Self Self See fewer	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Larry Graham Self - Bass, Sly & The Family Stone Self - Bass, Sly & The Family Stone See fewer	The Many Saints of Newark (2021)
Jerry Martini Self Self See fewer	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Robert 'Kool' Bell Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Jesse Johnson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Another 48 Hrs. (1990)
Hamp 'Bubba' Banks Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Novena Carmel Self Self See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
Phunne Robinson Self Self See fewer	Unsung (2008)
Buddy Miles Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Formula 51 (2001)
Bobby Freeman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	American Graffiti (1973)
Freddie Stone Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	Apocalypse Bop (1996)
David Kapralik Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	The Holy Mountain (1973)
Joel Selvin Self Self See fewer	Born in Chicago (2020)
Arlene Hirschkowitz Self Self See fewer	Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius) (2025)
David Froelich Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)
Stephen Paley Self (voice) (archive footage) Self (voice) (archive footage) See fewer	Breathless (1983)
Rusty Allen Self (as Rustee Allen) Self (as Rustee Allen) See fewer	On the Sly: In Search of the Family Stone (2017)