Monthly Archives: July 2012

Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire

Every year there seems to bring at least one music documentary that gets tagged “the new Buena Vista Social Club”. But to borrow from The Three Amigos!, this year’s Buena Vista Social Club could be the real Buena Vista Social Club. Sorta. The film is Searching For Sugar Man and we’ve got a new internet-freshContinueContinue reading “Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire”

Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List

‘It was like a blessed film,’ says Malik Bendjelloul. ‘Every rock you looked under, there was a little gold coin.’ There isn’t a better way to describe Bendjelloul’s debut Searching For Sugar Man, a documentary that boasts what the director calls ‘probably the best story I’ve ever heard in my life – and probably everContinueContinue reading “Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List”

Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board

Entry #: 899 Entry Date: 2012-07-15 16:28:38 Name: mark taliana Visitor Comments: I have just retruned from seing and hearing, ‘Searching for Sugerman’ the documentry and at the age of 47 I thought I had seen and heard all that western popular music/culture has to offer.  I was wrong.  Put Dylan, Lennon and Cat StevensContinueContinue reading “Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board”

Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late ’60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as oneContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy”

Searching for Sugar Man | KING5.com Seattle

A fascinating new documentary chronicles the search for a mysterious folk musician who unknowingly became a rock legend half a world away. Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of an American singer-songwriter in the early-70s named Rodriguez, who was considered a talented recording artist but somehow disappeared into oblivion. At the same time, aContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man | KING5.com Seattle”

Summer Docs with Alec Baldwin | Hamptons International Film Festival

“Sometimes, unpredictable things occur in documentary film, occasionally, unbelievable things. SUGAR MAN is a film that introduces you to people you will never forget,” says HIFF Board Member and SummerDocs Host Alec Baldwin. via Summer Docs with Alec Baldwin | Hamptons International Film Festival.

Searching for Sugar Man Press Coverage | MovieScope / Sight & Sound / Little White Lies / The Crack

moviescope july feature with malikDownload MovieScope – July, review.pdf Little White Lies – July review.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Malik news piece.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Review.pdf The Crack – Film of the month, July.pdf

Searching for Sugar Man – Sixto Rodriguez at Secret Screenings « shinesquad.com

What do you wear when the invite says ‘Dress Code: Motown… Springbok … 90′s arena … Newport Fold Festival 1975…Noir … Vinyl Junkie… Jo-berg beachwear ‘ It was very confusing – Jo’burg doesn’t have a beach, for a start, but it  turned out very colourful and emotional. For the sea, the audience shed tears.  The launchContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Sixto Rodriguez at Secret Screenings « shinesquad.com”

Searching for Sugar Man, Secret Screenings, Troxy, Wednesday 4th July 2012

This is the story of how two music journalists managed to track him down in deepest, poverty-stricken Detroit, even though he was believed to have committed suicide on stage a long time ago. After a life spent in obscurity doing manual labor, he was invited to South Africa where he performed several concerts to thousandsContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man, Secret Screenings, Troxy, Wednesday 4th July 2012”