Rodriguez, star of the most talked about documentary of 2012 Searching For Sugar Man, has been announced to play two New Zealand shows in March. The Detroit based singer-songwriter renowned for his haunting and experimental folks songs, was lifted from 30 years of obscurity by two South African fans who thought he was dead andContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez Announces March Shows in New Zealand – Music News at Undertheradar”
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2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.
The NME described it best in the headline for their end of 2012 round up as the year “The World Fell In Love With Rodriguez”, and that pretty much sums it up…. We at SugarMan.org wish Rodriguez, Eva, Sandra, Regan, and all the Rodriguez Family, and of course Malik, Craig, Matt and Camilla, a wonderful,ContinueContinue reading “2012 has been the year of Rodriguez.”
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Wins Doha Tribeca Festival Audience Awards – The Hollywood Reporter
Chinese feature film Full Circle, the story of a group of irrepressible senior citizens who decide to enter a reality show on television and Searching for Sugar Man, a documentary on the life of Rodriguez, the 1970s U.S. rock icon who never was, won the Audience awards as the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) drewContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Wins Doha Tribeca Festival Audience Awards – The Hollywood Reporter”
Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall
“SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN – AN EVENING WITH RODRIGUEZ” with special guest DAVID HOLMES It’s one of the lost classics of the ’60s, a psychedelic masterpiece drenched in colour and inspired by life, love, poverty, rebellion. The album is Cold Fact, and what’s more intriguing is that its maker – a shadowy figure known as RodriguezContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man – an evening with RODRIGUEZ | The Belfast Empire Music Hall”
Creative Recognition Awards Announced for 28th IDA Awards | International Documentary Association
The IDA has decided upon this year’s recipients of the Creative Recognition Awards for cinematography, editing, writing, and music. The winners were decided by the Creative Recognition Awards Committee, which is made up from the co-chairs of the Features Screening Committees. At this year’s IDA Awards ceremony, Best Cinematography will go to Women With Cows,ContinueContinue reading “Creative Recognition Awards Announced for 28th IDA Awards | International Documentary Association”
Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch
The Searching for Sugar Man juggernaut rolls on as Malik Bendjelloul’s sleeper hit about the unlikely resurrection of singer-songwriter Rodriguez copped the jury prize for Best International Documentary at the 10th Beefeater In-Edit music documentary festival in Barcelona. The awards were presented Saturday on the penultimate night of In-Edit, which drew around-the-block queues for dozensContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man wins In-Edit international prize | Film Festival Watch”
MIFF Awards Audience Award for Searching For Sugar Man | FilmInk
In the documentary category, audiences picked Searching For Sugar Man. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the film recounts the unbelievable true story of Detroit born rocker Sixto Rodriguez, who languished in obscurity in the US but unknowingly became a star in South Africa after his music was embraced as an anthem in the struggle against Apartheid.ContinueContinue reading “MIFF Awards Audience Award for Searching For Sugar Man | FilmInk”
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