Searching for Sugar Man

The story being told in "Searching for Sugar Man" is 15 years old, yet it didn't become a documentary until 2012. Seeing as the film centers on a man who never received the fame he deserved until long after the fact, that's quite fitting.

Look, I like a good documentary. But this movie didn't blow me away, like it seemed to for most others.

Searching for SugarmanThis is an extremely inspiring documentary about an American singer named Rodriguez. Rodriguez was spotted at a very early stage of his career by music producers, who saw an immense potential in him.

This is one of the best documentaries I ever had the pleasure to watch. It tells this amazing and inspiring real story of an artist who did not get the recognition he deserved.

Yeah, any English speaking kid in the 90's in South Africa will undoubtedly know Rodriquez as their parents drilled it into their ears of how amazing he is. I was SHOCKED when I saw this - I guess that's how America feels so often, thinking the world is on the same page with them when in fact no one else knows (just a little joke) - but yeah, I had no idea only SA knew about him.

I had heard about this documentary back in 2012 when released, since then, for some reason it had always just lost out by a hair to other music documentaries for my attention (just don't have enough time to watch all the music documentaries I want to watch). However, it finally worked its way to the top of the pecking order last night, and holy s**t was I glad it did.

This Swedish/U.K documentary refers to the search for U.

Bizarre yet beautiful story about a hidden gem being uncovered. This is evidence that music is universal and true art can never die.

I was reading in the New York Times this morning that The winner 2013 Oscar for best documentary, "Searching for Sugar Man," was first seen at the Sundance Film Festival. Ten of the 15 documentaries on the 2014 Oscar shortlist made their debut in the Sundance snow.