Malik Bendjelloul was the Oscar winning director of Searching For Sugarman – an emotive documentary film of two South Africans who go searching for Sixto Rodriguez after he has disappeared into obscurity in spite of his local fame in the country. Details…
Rockumentaries are usually about fame, the paranoia of money and the affects of a sex, drugs and rock ‘n roll lifestyle on the road. Searching for Sugar Man reinvents the genre with a real-life mystery about Sixto Rodriguez, a ’70s music icon, whose career was stifled and forgotten… or so it seemed. Decades after Rodriguez […]
For over five years, director Malik Bendjelloul was living on almost nothing but the dedication to finish the film he so passionately wanted to make. From having no money and no professional help, to walking away with two very prestigious awards at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, this really is a tale of rags to riches. Check out the video, after the jump!