Detroit street-poet folky appeared in the ‘60s then disappeared From City Pulse Sixto Rodriguez, shown here in 1969, is now 78 and lived through decades of musical obscurity. COURTESY: Rich Tupica In a 1969 interview, Mexican-American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez had some harsh words for some of his fellow Michigan musicians. “I don’t have muchContinueContinue reading “Turn it Down: A look back at that time Sixto Rodriguez dissed the MC5 | City Pulse”
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Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary)
This documentary was shown on South African Television this week, 20 years ago. Footage from this documentary features strongly in the Oscar winning film, Searching For Sugar Man. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRGvhH_BcX0&t=2s Dead Men Don’t Tour Directed by Tonia Selley and featuring Big Sky, “Dead Men Don’t Tour”, was first broadcast on SABC 3 at 9.30pm on the 5th JulyContinueContinue reading “Dead Men Don’t Tour, Rodriguez in South Africa 1998 (TV Documentary)”
The Man Who Found Sugar Man | Sunday Argus October 5, 2014
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Searching for Sugar Man star Sixto Rodriguez to play Masonic Temple Theater in May
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”
Searching For Sugar Man wins Bafta for Best Documentary – ITV News
Searching For Sugar Man has won the Bafta award for Best Documentary. via Searching For Sugar Man wins Bafta for Best Documentary – ITV News.
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”
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”
The incredible ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | DSTV.com
In Searching for Sugar Man’s online forum, users share their first discovery of the musician, Rodriguez. Most users, from across the world, list variations on 2012 and 2013. But, for people with South African links, encounters with Rodriguez (and his album Cold Fact) go way back. “Arrived in Jo’burg mid 1975 and EVERYONE was playingContinueContinue reading “The incredible ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ | DSTV.com”
Searching For Sugar Man nominated for EE British Academy Film Award
DOCUMENTARY THE IMPOSTER – Bart Layton, Dimitri Doganis MARLEY – Kevin Macdonald, Steve Bing, Charles Steel McCULLIN – David Morris, Jacqui Morris SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN – Malik Bendjelloul, Simon Chinn WEST OF MEMPHIS – Amy Berg The EE British Academy Film Awards will take place on Sunday 10 February at London’s Royal Opera House.ContinueContinue reading “Searching For Sugar Man nominated for EE British Academy Film Award”
Searching for Sugar Man or success of a different kind – Unschooling NYC
In discussions around education, we talk a lot about success. Often we talk in terms of monetary success (usually referred to as ‘financial security’ which makes it sound less greedy). Less often we refer to success in terms of happiness, fulfillment, spirituality or family; it is assumed, perhaps, that career and financial success inevitably leadContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man or success of a different kind – Unschooling NYC”
Searching for Sugar Man | Sister Rose At The Movies
“No prophet is accepted in his own country” Jesus says in Luke 4:24. Perhaps there were too many voices in Detroit back in the day, or a music industry machine that had no patience to develop Rodriguez as an artist. But South Africa heard his voice and the people began to dismantle its system ofContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man | Sister Rose At The Movies”
FILM REVIEW: Searching for Sugar Man – Times LIVE
If you’re a South African of a certain age, it’s almost certain you grew up listening to the music of Rodriguez. Here in South Africa and across the way in the antipodes – by way largely of South African expats, one assumes – the gravelly tones of the songs from his 1971 album Cold FactContinueContinue reading “FILM REVIEW: Searching for Sugar Man – Times LIVE”
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There is something about this film; I can’t stop telling people to see it. It is unbelievable. One of a kind. Thrilling. It sends chills down your spine. Literally. What a story. If the facts were not so well documented, I would think this story was made up. It sounds too good to be true,ContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man » Miami Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation Lawyers – Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf –”
Searching For Sugar Man film opens in South Africa Today | Ster-Kinekor
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Rodriguez “Searching For Sugar Man” Available Now! | Sony Music Africa
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The Niles Files: Words as Weapons | l’etoile
Malik Bendjelloul’s Searching for Sugar Man is filled with aerial views of sleeping cities and long shots of desolate streets with the winter steam rising. What people we see on those streets are obscured by space, anonymous, and dwarfed by the metal and brick overhead and grizzled concrete below. On top of the images, borderingContinueContinue reading “The Niles Files: Words as Weapons | l’etoile”
The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Like A Whirlwind: Rodriguez And The Search For Sugarman
At times it’s a story that almost beggars belief. Searching For Sugar Man, if you’ve not seen it already, is a documentary about Sixto Diaz Rodriguez, the 70-year-old singer-songwriter from Detroit who released two glorious, largely unheard albums some four decades ago, then promptly vanished without trace. Various grisly rumours about his unfortunate life –ContinueContinue reading “The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Like A Whirlwind: Rodriguez And The Search For Sugarman”
A chat with the mysterious Rodriguez, and director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Detroit Movie | Examiner.com
The documentary Searching for Sugar Man opens in Detroit on Friday, August 10th, 2012, telling the bizarre true story of Rodriguez. Haven’t heard of Rodriguez? He is a musician who was found in the Detroit area in the late 60s/early 70s, a protest crooner not unlike Bob Dylan with a smooth yet powerful voice. HeContinueContinue reading “A chat with the mysterious Rodriguez, and director of ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – Detroit Movie | Examiner.com”
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