In the late '60s, two celebrated producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. Showing all 2 items Jump to: Summaries (2) Summaries. Thanks to the 2012 award-winning documentary Searching For Sugar Man, the story of Rodriguez is now a familiar one. In the same year Brian Currin established 'Climb Up On My Music', a tribute site to the life and works of Rodriguez. SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest ‘70s rock icon who never was. His death is a terrible shock, says Xan Brooks. The Oscar-winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man tells the almost unbelievable story of a Mexican-American songwriter whose two early Seventies albums bombed in … Searching for Sugar Man (2012) Plot. Rodriguez is indeed alive and completely oblivious to his fame abroad. Credits In 1997, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman set up a website, called 'The Great Rodriguez Hunt', with the intention of finding any information about the mysterious US musician of 'Cold Fact' fame. Searching for Sugar Man, Bendjelloul's tremendous debut, heralded the arrival of a bright new talent. After being discovered in a Detroit bar, Rodriguez’s … At the 2013 Academy Awards, Searching for Sugar Man took home Best Documentary, becoming the first movie shot partly on an iPhone to win an Oscar 2 / 2 … Searching for Sugar Man tells the story of a musical genius whose success got lost somewhere between South Africa and Detroit. As a result of this documentary, his … Sony Pictures Classics presents Searching for Sugar Man, directed by Malik Bandjellou. SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music. Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock n roller, Rodriguez. Published: 14 May 2014 In Searching for Sugar Man, two South African mega-fans embark on a quest to find out what really happened to Rodriguez and are shocked by what they discover. Decades after Detroit singer-songwriter Rodriguez disappeared following the commercial failure of … Searching for Sugar Man (2012) is available on Netflix United States.