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Rodriguez: 10 Things You Don’t Know About the ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star | Music News | Rolling Stone

The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in America, but who wound up finding a huge audience in Apartheid-era South Africa. Sixto Rodriguez had no idea he was a legend there until a group of fans found him on theContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez: 10 Things You Don’t Know About the ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Star | Music News | Rolling Stone”

Oscar was ‘kersie op die koek’ | Die Burger

KAAPSTAD. – Die Oscar-toekenning is die kersie op die koek van ’n merkwaardige reis oor sy held Rodriguez. Só gesels Stephen “Sugar” Segerman oor die dokumentêre rolprent oor Sixto Rodriguez, Searching for Sugar Man, wat pas ’n Oscar ingepalm het in die kategorie vir dokumentêre rolprente. Segerman is ’n sentrale figuur in die dokumentêr. DieContinueContinue reading “Oscar was ‘kersie op die koek’ | Die Burger”

Searching for Sugar Man – Time Out Tokyo

All you really have to know about this surprising and emotive music doc is that you should see it. Anyone who enjoyed, say, The Buena Vista Social Club or Anvil: The Story of Anvil, will surely go for this too. It tells the unlikely story of Sixto Rodriguez, a gifted but way-under-the-radar Detroit-based Hispanic singer-songwriterContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – Time Out Tokyo”

Paradiso is bringing Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez to Amsterdam | Overdose.am – Amsterdam’s cultural magazine

Sixto Rodriguez, the star of the best documentary Oscar winning Searching For Sugar Man, is coming to Amsterdam. Paradiso were the first ones to smartly jump onto the recent hype around the ’70s folk singer. The documentary depicts how the Detroit singer’s two unsuccessful albums make it big years later in South Africa (where heContinueContinue reading “Paradiso is bringing Sugar Man Sixto Rodriguez to Amsterdam | Overdose.am – Amsterdam’s cultural magazine”

Oscars 2013: what it’s like to win by Simon Chinn | The Guardian

Simon Chinn, British producer of best documentary Searching for Sugar Man, describes his ‘surreal experience’ Phew. That’s better, now I’ve got a cup of tea in my hand. Famous? It’s only a documentary, for Christ’s sake. But yes … it was amazing. It is such a surreal experience. We documentary makers don’t get to mixContinueContinue reading “Oscars 2013: what it’s like to win by Simon Chinn | The Guardian”

The Sunday Conversation: Malik Bendjelloul – latimes.com

Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul, who has been tearing a swath through awards season with his film debut, “Searching for Sugar Man,” is scheduled to attend his first-ever Oscar ceremony Sunday as a nominee for documentary feature. How has awards season been for you? You’ve won Writers Guild, DGA, BAFTA and other awards. How many haveContinueContinue reading “The Sunday Conversation: Malik Bendjelloul – latimes.com”

Is ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ unbeatable for Documentary Feature Oscar?

No film swept this season’s early nonfiction awards from critics groups, but in recent weeks one documentary has picked up momentum from a number of industry groups. Is there still room for an upset in the race for Best Documentary Feature, or will it be a runaway victory? “Sugar Man” is far out front withContinueContinue reading “Is ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ unbeatable for Documentary Feature Oscar?”

Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Searching for Sugar Man win top WGA award | News | Screen

Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Searching for Sugar Man have scooped the top screenplay honours from the Writers Guild of America. In addition, Searching for Sugar Man saw Malik Bendjelloul win for best documentary screenplay. The story about the hunt for enigmatic US musician Rodriguez beat competition from The Central Park Five, The Invisible War,ContinueContinue reading “Argo, Zero Dark Thirty and Searching for Sugar Man win top WGA award | News | Screen”

Discovering hippies and teen rebellion when ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Arts and Culture | Music | Mail & Guardian

Rodriguez’s magical transformation into a hero around the world has proved old South African hippies right — for once. ‘You know then,” said Stephen Segerman. It was last Sunday morning and I’d spent the weekend googling recent developments in the story of Rodriguez, the construction worker who woke up one morning to discover he wasContinueContinue reading “Discovering hippies and teen rebellion when ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | Arts and Culture | Music | Mail & Guardian”

The Men Behind The Search For Sugar Man | YourLMG, February 2013

It was back in the day when the internet was still in its
infancy – no fancy fonts or graphics, bells or whistles.
The project was fuelled by a love of mostly old South
African rock music, and the story behind it is inextricably
interwoven with the search by these two men for a musician widely believed to be dead. As it turned out, this
musician was very much alive and is now the subject of
an Oscar-nominated documentary.
“It all started with Rodriguez, that’s how I met Brian,”
says Stephen, Sugar to his friends. “If it wasn’t for that,
neither of us would be where we are today,” they agree.

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ finds Malik Bendjelloul at Oscars

Malik Bendjelloul spent four years “Searching for Sugar Man” and that quest to find the reclusive singer/songwriter Rodriguez has brought him to the Oscars. His film picked up the Producers Guild prize as Best Documentary and just won him Best Documentary Director at the DGA Awards. It also took top honors with the Critics’ ChoiceContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ finds Malik Bendjelloul at Oscars”

Ben Affleck & ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Win Directors Guild Awards | FirstShowing.net

So history was made. Last night the Directors Guild Awards were held in Los Angeles, announcing the winner of their 65th Annual Awards. The DGA chose from nominees including Bigelow, Hooper, Lee and Spielberg (but not Tarantino or Zeitlin) to give the top honor to Ben Affleck, director of Argo. Damn! In addition to Affleck,ContinueContinue reading “Ben Affleck & ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Win Directors Guild Awards | FirstShowing.net”

Wife of Oscar-nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Rodriguez says he’ll stay in $50 Detroit home | MLive.com

DETROIT, MI – Don’t expect fame to change Rodriguez, a 70-year-old partially-blind folk singer from Detroit who is the star of a documentary film nominated for an Oscar. The focus of the “Searching for Sugar Man” film is expected to stay put in a Detroit home in the city’s Woodbridge neighborhood he bought for $50ContinueContinue reading “Wife of Oscar-nominated ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ star Rodriguez says he’ll stay in $50 Detroit home | MLive.com”