DETROIT (WXYZ) – The star of the Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man will be performing his first post-Oscar show here in his hometown. Sixto Rodriguez has scheduled a show at the Masonic Temple Theater for Saturday, May 18 at 8:00 pm. The show is being presented by the Crofoot Ballroom. Ticket prices forContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man star Sixto Rodriguez to play Masonic Temple Theater in May”
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Searching for Sugar Man Interview
In the early ’70s, Rodriguez recorded two albums in the United States, working with some of the biggest producers in the industry and even attracting a capable suitor in the form of Motown Records. He only sold more than a handful of records. His records had made it to South Africa, where Cold Fact becameContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man Interview”
France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com
A love story is developing between the French and Rodriguez, the Detroit-born musician who flopped in the 1970s, was a star without knowing it in apartheid South Africa and was rediscovered last summer in the United States when the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man” was released. The film tells the extraordinary story of a talentedContinueContinue reading “France Is Sweet on ‘Sugar Man’ – NYTimes.com”
Searching for Sugar Man is Critics’ Choice | Channel24
Los Angeles – Just hours after receiving an Oscar nomination on Thursday, SA-filmed musical documentary Searching for Sugar Man won Best Documentary Feature at the Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. The film, which is a UK/Sweden co-production, tells the story of Detroit singer-songwriter Rodriguez who, as portrayed in the film, became a source of hope andContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man is Critics’ Choice | Channel24”
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”
Searching For Sugar Man reference in John Lewis Ad | Youtube
Check out this John Lewis advert and see what’s showing 34 seconds into it: Thanks to John Samson and Malik Bendjelloul for spotting this.
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”
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