The Roots’ Questlove Shares Trailers for New Sly Stone and Saturday Night Live Documentaries: Watch

Red “Questlove” Thompson He is the director of two new documentaries, Cunning life! (also known as Burden of Black Genius) and Ladies and gentlemen… 50 years of SNL musicand both have newly released trailers. Watch the videos below.

Questlove Sly stone documentary It was shown for the first time Yesterday (January 23) at 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film, about the funk icon and his band, features D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, George Clinton, Outkast’s Andre 3000, and others. Cunning life! (also known as Burden of Black Genius) It will stream on Hulu, starting Thursday, February 13.

Questlove co-directed Ladies and gentlemen… 50 years of SNL music With Oz Rodriguez. The trailer features contributions from The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus, Jack White, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello, and more. The film will premiere on NBC on January 27, and will stream on Peacock the following day.

Cunning stone and Saturday Night Live The documentaries are Questlove’s first major film work since his beloved directorial debut, Summer of the soul. the roots The drummer is also set to direct a film remake Aristocrats.