Yearly Archives: 2012

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”

Summer Docs: Searching for Sugarman | The Sag Harbor Express

When Stockholm-based filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul set off for South Africa in 2006 in search of a few good segments for Swedish television, he wasn’t expecting to find a Cinderella story worthy of a feature length documentary. Yet “Searching for Sugarman” is exactly that. It’s a film about the youthful hopes of an oppressed nation whichContinueContinue reading “Summer Docs: Searching for Sugarman | The Sag Harbor Express”

Searching For Sugar Man – Reviews | Clash / Uncut / Empire / Total Film / Daily Telegraph / ShinDig

Total Film – News piece, Summer issue Total Film – August Review Shindig! – Feature Empire – August Review Daily Telegraph – Sugar Man Feature Clash – Rodriguez feature Uncut – Review

Some of the recent posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board

Entry #: 865 Entry Date: 2012-06-28 23:42:11 Name: David Visitor Comments: Rodriguez – I found you through the Grantland.com article about the documentary and bought your album on iTunes today. I cannot stop listening. It has brought me immeasurable joy already and cannot wait to see the film here in Denver! Entry #: 864 EntryContinueContinue reading “Some of the recent posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board”

Searching For Sugar Man: world exclusive trailer – video

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, mysterious 1970s folk rocker, Rodriguez. Malik Bendjelloul’s acclaimed documentary premiered at the Sundance film festival, where it won two awards, opened last week’s Sheffield DocFest, went down a storm at this week’s Los Angeles film festival and opens in the UKContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man: world exclusive trailer – video”

Q&a Rodriguez – the mystery man speaks about his ‘disappearance’, new documentary Searching For Sugar Man, being bigger than The Beatles in South Africa & more – News – QTheMusic.com

Q&a Rodriguez – the mystery man speaks about his ‘disappearance’, new documentary Searching For Sugar Man, being bigger than The Beatles in South Africa & more via Q&a Rodriguez – the mystery man speaks about his ‘disappearance’, new documentary Searching For Sugar Man, being bigger than The Beatles in South Africa & more – NewsContinueContinue reading “Q&a Rodriguez – the mystery man speaks about his ‘disappearance’, new documentary Searching For Sugar Man, being bigger than The Beatles in South Africa & more – News – QTheMusic.com”

‘Searching For Sugar Man’ Trailer Explores Mysterious Rock Icon

Despite coming from Detroit, chances are you’ve never heard of rock musician Rodriguez, especially if you’re from the US. The 1970′s Mexican-American folk rocker has become an icon in South Africa and other places around the world and a new documentary from Malik Bendjelloul explores the obscure life of this man. Winning the audience and grand prize awards for documentaryContinueContinue reading “‘Searching For Sugar Man’ Trailer Explores Mysterious Rock Icon”