Award Winning Film: Searching for Sugarman

Presented by Maynooth Film For All

The multi award winning Searching for Sugarman, winner of Best Documentary at both the 2013 Oscar and 2013 Bafta ceremonies. 

Running time 86 mins.

Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was.

Discovered in a Detroit bar in the late '60s by two celebrated producers struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, they recorded an album which they believed would secure his reputation as the greatest recording artist of his generation.

In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, he became a phenomenon. 

The film follows the story of two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero.

Their investigation leads them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez.

Tickets are on sale in the auditorium from 7.30pm..

Admission: €6.00, €4.00 concessions. FREE admission for students.

Parking is free! Paid parking is not enforced on the campus in the evenings. All features will be preceded by a short film from Maynooth_Experimental at 7.45pm approx

Please contact Brenda Brady Tel: 045 448328, Email: bbrady@kildarecoco.ie with any queries or if you need more detailed directions

Maynooth Film for All: Film Club is supported by Kildare County Council Library & Arts Service and The School of English, Media and Theatre Studies, Maynooth University

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