1 Movie Directed by Malik Bendjelloul

Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-07-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

Sweden, UK, Finland

Runtime:

86 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (44398 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Malik Bendjelloul

Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman (article)

Craig Bartholomew Strydom (article)

Fullplot:

In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.

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