The Rise Of The Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel is getting its world premiere at SXSW in Austin, Texas on Friday (March 13), while it is set to arrive on the streaming service on March 20.
It will focus on Slovak, the founding guitarist of the group who played on their first three studio albums before dying from a drug overdose in 1988 at the age of 26. He went on to be replaced by John Frusciante.
The doc has been directed by Ben Feldman, it will delve into the band’s “gritty formative years” and it features interviews with Anthony Kiedis, Flea and Frusciante, as well as friends of Slovak
Despite members of the band being interviewed for the film, they have gone out of their way to distance themselves from the project.
