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

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2026

1h 33m

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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

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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.

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

“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.

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Ben Feldman

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Anthony Kiedis

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Chad Smith

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Dave Navarro

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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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