Rodriguez’sSearching For Sugar Man has picked up its latest awards…
The documentary, written and directed by Malik Benjelloul, was named best feature over the weekend at the International Documentary Association Awards.
Searching for Sugar Man, which tells the story of Mexican-American singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, also picked up the award for Best Music, for Rodriguez’s songs featured in the film and Benjelloul’s score.
Searching for Sugar Man is continuing to gain momentum in its quest to land an Oscar nomination…
The moving film about Mexican American folk singer Rodriguez, who has beendubbed thegreatest ’70s U.S. rock icon who never was, has been named the Best Documentary by the National Board of Review.
He’s being hailed as one of the greatest villains in Bond history… And, now Javier Bardem is getting some awards recognition to go with it…
The 43-year-old Spanish actor has received a Satellite Award from the International Press Academy for his inspired role in the latest installment of the James Bond franchise, Skyfall.
Bardem is nominated in the Actor in a Supporting Role category. He’s up against some stiff competition: The Master’s Philip Seymour Hoffman, Silver Linings Playbook’s Robert De Niro, Flight’s John Goodman, Lincoln’s Tommy Lee Jones and Les Miserables’Eddie Redmayne.
Meanwhile,Searching for Sugar Man, the documentary about 70-year-old Mexican American singer/songwriter Rodriguez is one of the eight nominated films in the Motion Picture, Documentary category. Last week the critically acclaimed film was nominated for a PGA Award in the same category by the Producers Guild of America.
Other Latinos nominated for a Satellite Award include Chilean cinematographer Claudio Miranda in the Cinematography category for his visually stunning work on Ang Lee’s Life of Pi and Spanish costume designer Paco Delgado in the Costume Design category for his work on the musical Les Miserables.
The 17th annual Satellite Awardscover a total of 31 film and TV categories. Winners will be announced during a gala on December 16 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, California.
Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the documentary tells the story of Sixto Díaz Rodríguez, the now 70-year-old Mexican American folk musician who became a huge star in South Africa while remaining a virtual unknown in the United States or even his hometown of Detroit.
CBS‘ 60 Minutes recently featured a special news report on Rodriguez and the critically acclaimed documentary.
Searching for Sugar Man will face off against Aaron Yeger‘s A People Uncounted, Dror Moreh‘s The Gatekeepers, Jon Shenk‘s The Island President and Marius A. Markevicius‘ The Other Dream Team.
The PGA Awards will be held January 26 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
Malik Bendjelloui‘s Searching for Sugar Man is one step closer to landing an Oscar nomination…
The documentary aboutsinger-songwriter Rodriguez, dubbed thegreatest ’70s U.S. rock icon who never was, is one of five nominees for best documentary feature by the International Documentary Association.
Searching for Sugar Man, which recently received the 60 Minutes treatment, will compete against Central Park Five, a documentary about a miscarriage of justice directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon; Kirby Dick‘s The Invisible War, a study of rape in the military; Lauren Greenfield‘s Queen of Versailles, a look inside the world of the super-rich; and Peter Gerdehag‘s Women with Cows, the account of two women bound together by their family farm.
Meanwhile, Eduardo Lopez and Peter Getzel’s Harvest of Empire has been nominated for the Humanitas Documentary Award, given to a documentarian “whose film strives to unify the human family by exploring cultural differences.
Harvest of Empire takes a look at the role that U.S. economic and military interests played in triggering an unprecedented wave of migration that’s transforming the nation’s cultural and economic landscape.
The film will compete against David Belton‘s American Experience: The Amish; Micha X. Peled‘s Bitter Seeds; Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall‘s Cull Me Kuchu; and Namir Abdel Messeeh‘s The Virgin, the Copts and Me.
In addition, Harvest of Empire is nominated for the ABCNews Videosource Award. It will compete against Raymond De Felitta‘s Booker’s Place; Central Park Five; Hussein Elrazzaz‘s The Family; and Amie Williams‘ We Are Wisconsin.
The winners will be announced at IDA’s awards ceremony to be held on December 7 at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles.
Sixto Rodriguez – who dropped out of sight after releasing two extraordinary albums in the early 1970s that didn’t sell well stateside – is back after a 40-year hiatus.
The 70-year-old Mexican American rock troubadour, who was born and raised in Detroit, has seen his star shine brighter than ever after the release of a critically acclaimed documentary about him, Searching For Sugar Man.
Since the release of the film Rodriguez, hailed as one of the founding fathers of apartheid-era South African progressive rock, has received requests to perform everywhere, including Los Angeles’ legendary El Rey Theater.
This past Sunday, the rediscovered singer was the focus of an oh-so-inspiring profile by correspondent Bob Simon on CBS’ 60 Minutes. It’s a must-see piece of journalism that shines a spotlight on the appearance, disappearance and reappearance of a true Mexican American icon.
