{"id":3618,"date":"2016-07-17T10:18:11","date_gmt":"2016-07-17T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3618"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:17:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:17:45","slug":"searching-for-sugar-man-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3618","title":{"rendered":"Searching for Sugar Man-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Searching for Sugar Man-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Malik Bendjelloul<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Sixto Rodriguez<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #451<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Searching-for-sugar-man-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24357\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Searching-for-sugar-man-poster-227x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Searching-for-sugar-man-poster-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/Searching-for-sugar-man-poster.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 17, 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: B<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is a heartwarming documentary that tells the true story of a forgotten rising Detroit rock singer (Sixto Rodriguez) from the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>South African DJs rediscover him, and he becomes a surprising legend today.<\/p>\n<p>The documentary&#8217;s main talking point is how an icon can be idolized in one country while living in utter poverty in another.<\/p>\n<p>Thought to be the next great thing in the 1970s, his two released albums bombed, and he faded into oblivion until South African DJs, curious about his whereabouts, tracked him down.<\/p>\n<p>Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is an inspiring documentary for any musician or music fan, since Rodriguez is a true artist.<\/p>\n<p>He isn&#8217;t in it for the money or obsessed with attention or fame; he finally gets some recognition for his talent.<\/p>\n<p>He is a free spirit, reminiscent of Bob Dylan, a poet, whose story is a courageous one.<\/p>\n<p>Thankfully, this inspiring documentary has brought Rodriguez some notice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oscar Nominations: 1 win-<\/strong>Best Documentary-Feature <strong>(won)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Searching for Sugar Man-2012 Director Malik Bendjelloul Starring Sixto Rodriguez Scott&#8217;s Review #451 Reviewed July 17, 2016 Grade: B Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is a heartwarming documentary that tells the true story of a forgotten rising Detroit rock singer (Sixto Rodriguez) from the early 1970s. South African DJs rediscover him, and he becomes a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=3618\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Searching for Sugar Man-2012<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,352,46],"tags":[3498,3499],"class_list":["post-3618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2012-films","category-best-documentary-feature-oscar-winners","category-documentaries","tag-malik-bendjelloul","tag-sixto-rodriguez"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3618"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24358,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3618\/revisions\/24358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}