From Daily Maverick Malik Bendjelloul, the Swedish director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’, has committed suicide aged 36. It’s just over a year since the documentary about folk musician Rodriguez won Bendjelloul an Oscar and captured the hearts of viewers all over the world. REBECCA DAVIS spoke to Bendjelloul’s subject and friend, Cape Town record-storeContinueContinue reading “Malik Bendjelloul: Death of a filmmaker who told an extraordinary South African tale | Daily Maverick”
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Cannes To Mourn Malik Bendjelloul With Special ‘Sugarman’ Screening | Variety
From Variety Nick Vivarelli As Cannes mourned the death of Swedish director Malik Bendjelloul, the Swedish Film Institute and Protagonist Pictures set up a special screening of his Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” The non-official memorial “Sugar Man” screening will be held on Sunday May 19 at 9.30 at the Cinema Star 1, 98, Rue d’Antibes inContinueContinue reading “Cannes To Mourn Malik Bendjelloul With Special ‘Sugarman’ Screening | Variety”
Oscar-Winning Director Malik Bendjelloul Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy
From Heavy The Oscar-winning movie director Malik Bendjelloul has died at the age of 36, reports The Associated Press. The Swedish director won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his documentary Searching for Sugar Man. Prior to his death, Malik was working on a new project, a documentary about Lawrence Anthony, the man who believed he could talkContinueContinue reading “Oscar-Winning Director Malik Bendjelloul Dead: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy”
Oscar-Winning Director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Found Dead | Variety
From Variety Director Malik Bendjelloul, whose 2012 documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” won the best documentary Oscar, has been found dead. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik told the Associated Press that Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn’t specify the cause of death. “Searching for Sugar Man,” about the life and careerContinueContinue reading “Oscar-Winning Director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Found Dead | Variety”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star’s Amazing Journey Erupts Into Fraud Lawsuit (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter
In 1970, Sixto Rodriguez was allegedly urged by the future chairman of Motown Records to write under “Jesus Rodriguez” to avoid prior contractual obligations. Those who have seen Searching for Sugar Man might think they know the astonishing tale of Sixto Rodriguez, but there’s an important aspect of the musician’s story that is now comingContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star’s Amazing Journey Erupts Into Fraud Lawsuit (Exclusive) – Hollywood Reporter”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs
From Detroit Free Press Two years after an Oscar-winning film raised questions about royalties for Sixto Rodriguez, a copyright and fraud lawsuit has been filed against Clarence Avant, who signed the Detroit singer to a record deal more than four decades ago. Rodriguez is not a direct party in the complaint, filed today in Detroit federal courtContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ musician Rodriguez may finally see payoff from songs”
“There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer | NFTS
From NFTS ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER SIMON CHINN SPEAKS AT NFTS FILM CLINIC “There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer Simon Chinn, the double Academy Award winning producer of Searching For Sugar Man and Man on Wire has told up coming documentary-makers to look to the ‘small screen’ when making films in future. Speaking in conversation with DickContinueContinue reading ““There’s a hunger for documentaries online,” says Searching For Sugar Man Producer | NFTS”
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Nick Drake vs Sugar Man | Uncut August 2013
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Sixto Rodriguez takes Detroit stage to enchant hometown crowd | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
You could practically feel the buzz crackling inside the Masonic Temple Theatre Saturday night, where Rodriguez hit the stage for a triumphant homecoming night. It was an apt setting, just down the road from his longtime Woodbridge home and near the bars where he’d plied his trade before finally breaking into the wider public consciousnessContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez takes Detroit stage to enchant hometown crowd | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”
On The Cover of Rolling Stone | Rolling Stone France
Sixto Rodriguez pursues review of contracts, sales in search of royalties | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
Could some answers finally be on the way for Sixto Rodriguez? After decades of murkiness about his record sales and royalties, a legal and accounting team has begun an inquiry for the enigmatic singer-songwriter, the Free Press has learned. The move comes as 70-year-old Rodriguez gears up for the biggest hometown show of his career,ContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez pursues review of contracts, sales in search of royalties | Detroit Free Press | freep.com”
Rodriguez is sweeter than sugar, man | StarTribune.com
He seemed frail when escorted onstage by two women Wednesday at the sold-out Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul. But then he put on his dark-tinted glasses, his floppy black hat and his beige guitar and suddenly he transformed into Rodriguez, musician of mystery, melancholy and that Oscar-winning movie. “Searching for Sugar Man,” which took theContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez is sweeter than sugar, man | StarTribune.com”
ZekeFilm | After the Show: Searching for Sugar Man
“I just want to be treated like an ordinary….legend” With these words, offered in in humility and a little jest, Rodriguez took the stage for the encore of his May 4, 2013 show at the University of Texas’ Frank Irwin Center in Austin, Texas. The show was an embodiment of a dream fulfilled that wasContinueContinue reading “ZekeFilm | After the Show: Searching for Sugar Man”
‘Sugar Man’ Sixto Rodriguez tells WSU grads ‘well done’ | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com
Detroit — The Detroit musician who’s suddenly become one of Wayne State University’s more prominent alumni wished the class of 2013 good luck Thursday as he received an honorary degree from the school. In a short speech thanking the University, musician Sixto Rodriguez wished the graduating students from Wayne State University good luck. “Well done,”ContinueContinue reading “‘Sugar Man’ Sixto Rodriguez tells WSU grads ‘well done’ | The Detroit News | detroitnews.com”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Sixto Rodriguez to receive Wayne State degree; Masonic Temple show sells out | MLive.com
DETROIT, MI – Add another honor to 70-year-old Detroit resident Sixto Rodriguez’s impressive stash. The star of an Academy Award-winning documentary called “Searching for Sugar Man” will reportedly receive an honorary degree from Wayne State University this spring. The Detroit News reported the news this week and mentioned Rodriguez will receive a Doctor of HumaneContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Sixto Rodriguez to receive Wayne State degree; Masonic Temple show sells out | MLive.com”
Rodriguez In New York: ‘Sugar Man’ Star Pleases Fans At Beacon Theatre | Huffington Post
NEW YORK — Sixto Diaz Rodriguez can’t hit the high notes like he used to, but that didn’t matter to his fans. The 70-year-old singer made famous by the Oscar-winning documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” performed Sunday night to a worshipful crowd at Manhattan’s Beacon Theatre. The folk-rocker was at his best performing his ownContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez In New York: ‘Sugar Man’ Star Pleases Fans At Beacon Theatre | Huffington Post”
In the second coming of Rodriguez, a Passover parable | The Times of Israel
An elderly man in a black fedora and heavy sunglasses shuffles hesitantly along a Detroit sidewalk. The wrong side of 70, his eyesight poor, the man’s sloped shoulders suggest decades of hard labor. His name is Sixto Rodriguez, and he has indeed spent most of his life struggling to provide for his family by takingContinueContinue reading “In the second coming of Rodriguez, a Passover parable | The Times of Israel”
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