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The 10 Most Fascinating Things Shared At The SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Junket | Very Aware | Movie and TV news, reviews and other goodness

Whilst traveling in South Africa, Director Malik Bendjelloul was caught off guard when he heard singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez’s story – the story that would become the basis for the music documentary SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN. Rumored to have committed suicide on stage after a show in the 1970’s, Rodriguez had become somewhat of a legendContinueContinue reading “The 10 Most Fascinating Things Shared At The SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN Junket | Very Aware | Movie and TV news, reviews and other goodness”

Music documentary review: unraveling the enigma of Rodriguez | Music Documentary Monday

In the late 1960s, two record company producers were on the search for fresh talent in Detroit. In a smoky, unassuming dockside bar, they discovered Sixto Rodriguez, an enormously talented singer who wrote songs about inner city life with a lyrical complexity that outstripped many of his contemporaries. Everyone thought they had a star onContinueContinue reading “Music documentary review: unraveling the enigma of Rodriguez | Music Documentary Monday”

Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com

He has been called the greatest ’70s rock star who never was. A Chicano Bob Dylan. More improbable, the 70-year-old street bard from Detroit is considered a founding father of South African progressive rock. At the very least, he’s one of the most unlikely comeback artists in music history. Sixto Rodriguez, a man whose lifeContinueContinue reading “Sixto Rodriguez is philosophical about ‘Searching for Sugar Man’ – latimes.com”

Sugar Man Coverage – Dazed & Confused / The List / BBC Radio Scotland / BBC 6 Music & Stylist

Dazed & Confused – Interview with Malik The List – Interview with Malik / Review (also mentioned in weekly highlights section) Stylist – Positive mention in a Lauren Laverne interview BBC 6 Music, Lauren Laverne BBC Radio Scotland, Movie Café – http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01ks1z3 Dazed & Confused – Searching for Sugar Man, Malik.pdf The List – Review.pdfContinueContinue reading “Sugar Man Coverage – Dazed & Confused / The List / BBC Radio Scotland / BBC 6 Music & Stylist”

‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez – NYTimes.com

It’s a real-life tale of talent disregarded, bad luck and missed opportunities, with an improbable stop in the Hamptons and a Hollywood conclusion: A singer-songwriter is signed to a contract in the late 1960s after producers with ties to Motown Records see him playing in a smoky Detroit nightclub called the Sewer. He makes aContinueContinue reading “‘Searching for Sugar Man’ Spotlights the Musician Rodriguez – NYTimes.com”

Column – Rodriguez, Can, Beatles, Sex Pistols… Rock’n’roll’s lost treasures rediscovered – News – QTheMusic.com

Taking rock’n’roll archaeology into the personal realm, in new film Searching For Sugar Man (out 27 July) Swedish filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul has unearthed not just the story of singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez and his “disappearance” after his two album’s flopped at the start of the 1970s, but his unknown legacy in South Africa where he becameContinueContinue reading “Column – Rodriguez, Can, Beatles, Sex Pistols… Rock’n’roll’s lost treasures rediscovered – News – QTheMusic.com”

Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire

Every year there seems to bring at least one music documentary that gets tagged “the new Buena Vista Social Club”. But to borrow from The Three Amigos!, this year’s Buena Vista Social Club could be the real Buena Vista Social Club. Sorta. The film is Searching For Sugar Man and we’ve got a new internet-freshContinueContinue reading “Exclusive: Searching For Sugar Man Clip | Movie News | Empire”

Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List

‘It was like a blessed film,’ says Malik Bendjelloul. ‘Every rock you looked under, there was a little gold coin.’ There isn’t a better way to describe Bendjelloul’s debut Searching For Sugar Man, a documentary that boasts what the director calls ‘probably the best story I’ve ever heard in my life – and probably everContinueContinue reading “Director Malik Bendjelloul discusses Searching for Sugar Man | The List”

Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board

Entry #: 899 Entry Date: 2012-07-15 16:28:38 Name: mark taliana Visitor Comments: I have just retruned from seing and hearing, ‘Searching for Sugerman’ the documentry and at the age of 47 I thought I had seen and heard all that western popular music/culture has to offer.  I was wrong.  Put Dylan, Lennon and Cat StevensContinueContinue reading “Recent Posts on the Sugarman.org Message Board”

Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. In the late ’60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as oneContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) will be released on July 24, 2012 | Sony Legacy”

Searching for Sugar Man Press Coverage | MovieScope / Sight & Sound / Little White Lies / The Crack

moviescope july feature with malikDownload MovieScope – July, review.pdf Little White Lies – July review.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Malik news piece.pdf Sight & Sound – August, Review.pdf The Crack – Film of the month, July.pdf

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”