Searching for Sugar Man is a music lover’s delight and covers a tale any true storyteller can appreciate.  The story starts surrounds a pair of South Africans, one a passionate music lover and the other a journalist, chronicling their wild goose chase across the world searching for a voice without a trace.  The voice belonged to the mysterious music prodigy Rodriguez, a folk singer who popped up in the early 1970’s and caused a frenzy in Detroit before disappearing.

Director Bendjelloul adds vivid illustrations and comics of the existence and journey of Rodriguez while the seekers do the hunting and we follow along like anxious children awaiting results of the two men’s search.  From Detroit music producers to regular working class people to officials and journalists in South Africa, the tale spans generations and many music lovers as they declare their love for a musician who nearly faded away for good–but was found with some hard detective work constructed out of passion for a musical voice that couldn’t be forgotten. (more…)