Searching For Sugar Man

But when the album bombed the singer disappeared into obscurity.

Searching for sugar man. Searching for sugar man is a film about hope inspiration and the resonating power of music. Searching for sugar man is a 2012 swedish british finnish documentary film about a south african cultural phenomenon directed and written by malik bendjelloul which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two cape town fans stephen sugar segerman and craig bartholomew strydom to find out whether the rumoured death of american musician sixto rodriguez was true and if not to discover what had become of him. Audience reviews for searching for sugar man jun 04 2017 quiet but heartwarming documentary about an american folk musician of the 1970s who was later believed to be dead in south africa the only. Directed by malik bendjelloul.

Searching for sugar man 2012 plot. In may swedish film maker malik bendjelloul who had won an oscar for searching for sugar man shocked everyone by taking his own life. In the late 60s two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a detroit bar. Searching for sugar man tells the incredible true story of rodriguez the greatest 70s rock icon who never was.

Andrew anthony tries to make sense of a tragedy 12 jul 2014. Download searching for sugar man 2012 torrent. Two south africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero the mysterious 1970s rock n roller rodriguez. In the same year brian currin established climb up on my music a tribute site to the life and works of rodriguez.

With rodriguez stephen sugar segerman dennis coffey mike theodore. Unknown to rodriguez his musical story continued in south africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Two south africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero the mysterious 1970s rock n roller rodriguez. In 1997 stephen sugar segerman set up a website called the great rodriguez hunt with the intention of finding any information about the mysterious us musician of cold fact fame.