Coming Back for More

Coming Back for More (2009)

Funk legend Sly Stone disappeared from the limelight for more than 20 years. Musicians and the media tried to find the recluse but failed. In 2005 Willem Alkema started searching for Sly. Sly didn't want to be found or filmed, but Willem didn't give up and finally followed Sly in his first steps on stage in decades.

Date of release
2009-01-23
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Director
Willem Alkema

Casting

Interesting facts

Coming Back for More is a documentary about Sly Stone, lead singer of Sly and the Family Stone. It was directed by Willem Alkema.

Background

Coming Back for More, also known as Dance to the Music, is a documentary about Sly Stone, his absence from the music scene, and a quest to find out what happened to the artist. This is the first documentary Sly Stone has collaborated on since the 80s. The film features the first filmed interviews with the reclusive artist since his last TV appearance at Late Night With David Letterman: February 21, 1983.

Coming Back for More is the second documentary about Stone, Dutch director Willem Alkema had made. The film looks at the hardships endured by Stone and alleges that this problem was caused by former manager Jerry Goldstein. The film features interviews with Stone's family members and former bandmates and concludes with an interview between the filmmaker and Stone himself.

Prior to this film, Alkema had made a documentary Dance to the Music which was also about Stone. It was released in 2008. In 2010 the film won the audience award at Biografilm Festival in Bologna, Italy.The latest version is from 2015, the film was updated for release in Japan.

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