Sugarman

Last summer I put up a forum topic about a film that I'd seen. It was a documentary about a singer/songwriter called Rodriguez. It was called " Searching for Sugar Man".
I couldn't give it enough praise. I thought it was brilliant. Last month it won a Bafta for best Documentary film and last weekend it won the Oscar in the same category.

It's a true story of Rodriguez. In 1970 he recorded an album in Detroit, it may have sold six copies. But one of those copies found its way out to South Africa. It was played at a party and everyone wanted to know who it was and where they could get a copy. Bootleg copies started to appear and finally due to massive demand a record company in South Africa started to produce the album and sell it. He became a household name in South Africa. He was as big as the Beatles and much bigger than the Rolling Stones or Elvis.Every household had a copy of his album. Unfortunately no one told Rodriguez. He recorded one more album which again flopped in the USA.

Despondant he returned to being a construction worker.The second album sold just as well in South Africa. Then a rumour spread that he had commited suicide and died on stage. Everyone in South Africa beleived this. It was a time when they were cut off from the rest of the world because of apartheid.

Thirty years later a journalist decides to find out what happened to him. Only to find him alive and well and living in Detroit completely unaware that he had sold more than a dozen albums. He'd never seen a penny of the royalties. They convince him to go to South Africa where he is greeted as a returning King. People can't beleive that hes still alive. He's a legend in their country.

He plays a concert for 5000 tickets sell within minutes.

It's amazing, emotional,and the best part is its TRUE.

Go see it. You'll love it!