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The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: Our Brother, Hillel

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Gritty, formative years of the Los Angeles band and the influence of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died in 1988. It features interviews with bandmates Flea and Anthony Kiedis who discuss the band's early evolution.
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Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter 1d
A highly entertaining, full of ridiculously fun early footage of the band and its predecessors, and deeply emotional, with Flea succeeding in making me tear up on multiple occasions. Go to Full Review
Owen Gleiberman Variety 4d
“The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers” is totally worth seeing, but the film feels like an indirect act of contrition, which may be why it turns into an overdone lament. Go to Full Review
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Synopsis Gritty, formative years of the Los Angeles band and the influence of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, who died in 1988. It features interviews with bandmates Flea and Anthony Kiedis who discuss the band's early evolution.
Director
Ben Feldman
Producer
Marc D'Agostino
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Submarine Entertainment, Netflix
Genre
Music, Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2026
Runtime
1h 33m
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