SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN

Over the course of 30 years, distributor Sony Pictures Classics, has brought countless fantastic films to the big screen.  Everyone has their favorite. For many, it’s the story of the greatest ‘70s US rock icon who never was. In the late ‘60s, two celebrated producers discovered an unknown musician in a Detroit bar. Struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album that they believed was going to establish him as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. But the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. Somehow, a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon. Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.

On the 10^th anniversary of its release, we’re delighted to share the award-winning documentary, Searching for Sugarman, with our MFF audience along with a very special treat – a Q and A with Rodriguez following the screening.