Free Members Screening
7PM on Tuesday, July 24th at Landmark Theaters Sunshine Cinema (143 East Houston St.)
Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, Produced by Simon Chinn
Presented by Sony Pictures Classics. In the late ’60s, two celebrated producers, who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics, discovered a musician in a Detroit bar. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists 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, 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. Searching for Sugar Man is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music.
Open to IFP members at the Individual level and higher. To RSVP, please email dschoenbrun@ifp.org with your name and member number.
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