Searching for Sugar Man

Malik Bendjelloul | Cinema

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Sixto Diaz Rodriguez (July 10, 1942 – August 8, 2023) was discovered in 1968 in a Detroit bar, playing with his back to the audience. He wrote beautiful and catchy folk songs that were meant to be a voice for the poor and disenfranchised.

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Though he faded into obscurity in the U.S., an early ’70s musician known as Rodriguez became a huge hit in South Africa and was widely rumored to have died. Two obsessed fans set out to learn the man’s true fate.

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Credits

Genre | Documentary
Original Language | English
Director & Writer | Malik Bendjelloul
Producer | George Chignell, Simon Chinn, Nicole Stott
Release Date (Theaters) | Jul 27, 2012 Limited
Release Date (Streaming) | Oct 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA) | $3.7M
Runtime | 1h 26m
Distributor | Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co | Red Box Films, Passion Pictures