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Swedish filmmaker malik bendjelloul the director of the oscarwinning documentary searching for sugar man has died, the associated press. Mar 28, 20 searching for sugar man, however, changed everything, bringing rodriguez to a previously unfathomable level of success. Searching for sugar man is a 2012 swedishbritishfinnish documentary film about a south african cultural phenomenon, directed and written by malik bendjelloul, which details the efforts in the late 1990s of two cape town fans, stephen sugar segerman and craig bartholomew strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of american musician sixto rodriguez was true and, if not, to. Discovered in a detroit bar in the late 60s by two celebrated producers struck by. Malik bendjelloul, director of the oscarwinning documentary searching for sugar man, died today in stockholm at the age of 36. Searching for sugar man director malik bendjelloul dead at 36. Director bendjelloul searched for mysterious sugar man. Searching for sugar man director malik bendjelloul dead. I can confirm that it was suicide and that he had been depressed for a short period, the 36yearold filmmakers brother johar bendjelloul told newspaper aftonbladet.
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In the early 1970s, sixto rodriguez was a detroit folksinger who had a shortlived recording career with only two well received but nonselling albums. Oscarwinning searching for sugar man director dead at. Jul 25, 2012 when swedish director malik bendjelloul first came across the story of 70s singersongwriterculthero rodriguez, it must have seemed too good to be true, especially for a musicfocused documentarian. Five questions with searching for sugar man director malik. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came. For the films first half, rodriguez isnt a man so much as a spirit, an unfairly forgotten poetphilosopher whose disappearance created an. Rodriguez in south africa 1998 and 60 minutes 1968. Expect strong, but brief swearing, specifically in lyrics, including faggot, fk, and hooker.
The triumph and tragedy of searching for sugar man telegraph. Malik bendjelloul and documentary film subject rodriguez accepting the world cinema audience award. The academy awardwinning filmmaker of searching for sugar man, malik bendjelloul, was found dead today in stockholm, according to police reports. In the same year brian currin established climb up on my music, a tribute site to the life and works of rodriguez. Parents need to know that searching for sugar man is an acclaimed documentary with some references to drug use and some news footage of police and protester violence during apartheid. Searching for sugar man exclusive interview with director malik bendjelloul and rodriguez duration. Sugar man director on his journey from swedish tv to oscars it was just the type of place that the young man, a 36yearold swedish journalist and oscarwinning film director named malik. Searching for sugar man, about the search for folk icon sixto rodriguez, wins the best documentary prize. May, 2014 deadline has learned that director malik bendjelloul, who just won the academy award for best documentary in 20 for the musically infused searching for sugar man, was found dead in stockholm. Bendjellouls film, searching for sugar man, won the oscar for best documentary in. Bendjelloul, 36, was found dead in sweden on tuesday. A spoonful of sugar and james returns to the alma cafe in mowbray on friday sept 27th at 8pm 24 september. Malik bendjelloul, the oscarwinning director of searching for sugar man, committed suicide, his brother said.
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