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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”

“Cold Fact” Rodriguez – A Retrospective

By Andrew Bond, London, April 1998 South Africa was a very different place in 1971 when Cold Fact was modestly unleashed on the Southern hemisphere. Back then, nobody had heard of Rodriguez. Abba was storming the charts, TV hadn’t arrived (god forbid, it was too corruptive according to the dominees) and our current President wasContinueContinue reading ““Cold Fact” Rodriguez – A Retrospective”

The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012

From Martin Myers From the opposite side of the Atlantic Ocean to the shores of Cape Town comes a group of acappella singers that personifies talent and encapsulates outstanding entertainment – the Yale Spizzwinks (?). The group came into existence in 1914 at Yale University and the torch has been passed down the generations ofContinueContinue reading “The Yale Spizzwinks (?) FREE concert in De Waal Park on 27 May 2012”

Rodriguez – New York City – Live Show + Film Screenings (Tribeca Film Festival)

Very excited for this upcoming week in New York City where Rodriguez will be playing a rare live show at Joe’s Pub. In addition, there will be two screenings of the Sundance award winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man as part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Check the links below and hope to see you there!ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez – New York City – Live Show + Film Screenings (Tribeca Film Festival)”