Acting
Sly Stone
1943 · Denton, Texas, USA
16 films
Bio
Sylvester Stewart (March 15, 1943 – June 9, 2025), better known by his stage name Sly Stone, was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the frontman of Sly and the Family Stone, playing a critical role in the development of funk with his pioneering fusion of soul, rock, psychedelia, and gospel in the 1960s and 1970s. AllMusic stated that "James Brown may have invented funk, but Sly Stone perfected it," and credited him with "creating a series of euphoric yet politically charged records that proved a massive influence on artists of all musical and cultural backgrounds". Crawdaddy! has credited him as the founder of the "progressive soul" movement.
Filmography
SLY LIVES! (aka The Burden of Black Genius)
Self
Woodstock
Self - Sly & The Family Stone
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation
Self
Say Hello to Our Good Friend Paul Shaffer
Self (archive footage)
Carol Doda Topless at the Condor
Self (archive footage)
Finding the Funk
Himself
The Story of Funk: One Nation Under a Groove
Woodstock Diary
Self - Sly and the Family Stone
Let Me Have It All
Himself (Archival Footage)
Jimi and Sly: The Skin I'm In
Self
Coming Back for More