Tag Archives: South Africa

Searching for Sugarman in Manila | a+arax:a

From a+arax:a Searching for Sugarman is quite possibly one of the most moving documentaries of all time. Winner at the Academy, BAFTA and Sundance Film Festival Awards, the film also won rave reviews and other awards all across the US and around the world. The death of its young, talented director, Malik Bendjelloul, in Sweden lastContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugarman in Manila | a+arax:a”

Rodriguez gets honourary inclusion in new book: 50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans | Jacana

50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans is the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the bestselling 50 People Who Stuffed Up South Africa, and is once again an irreverent and entertaining popular history of modern South Africa – but with a more positive spin this time around. What does it take to be a flippen brilliant South African?ContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez gets honourary inclusion in new book: 50 Flippen Brilliant South Africans | Jacana”

Rodriguez / Big Concerts

The Mexican-American singer-songwriter known simply as, “Rodriguez” had been working on his music career in Detroit since the early 1960s. He recorded an album in 1969 that many believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. Instead, Cold Fact bombed and the Rodriguez seemingly disappeared intoContinueContinue reading “Rodriguez / Big Concerts”

“Searching for Sugar Man” documents lost folk songs | CNN on Youtube

Filmmakers document one Detroit construction worker/songwriter who never knew he was the ‘Bob Dylan’ of South Africa.

Searching for Sugar Man in South Africa | Sony Music

SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE AND SOUNDTRACK BRINGS RODRIGUEZ’S INCREDIBLE LIFE STORY AND 1970s MUSIC TO A NEW GENERATION Soundtrack available everywhere starting August 13, 2012, through Columbia/Legacy “The buzzworthy Sundance documentary” – Yahoo! “An acclaimed new documentary goes hunting for the lost Dylan” – Grantland “The tale is better than the tellingContinueContinue reading “Searching for Sugar Man in South Africa | Sony Music”