Searching for Sugar Man

Editor's Rating: 
4
Average: 4 (1 vote)
Starring: 
Sixto Rodriguez
Steve Rowland
Clarence Avant
Directed By: 
Malik Bendjelloul

Rodriguez who? In the ‘70s, an American-Mexican folk musician named Sixto Rodriguez cut two albums that didn’t go anywhere in the US (fact, he was dropped by his record label Sussex just weeks after his last one came out), but was huge in South Africa where he reportedly sold at least half a million albums. The Oscar-winning Searching for Sugar Man is an investigation into the myth that is Rodriguez, who according to urban legend, set himself on fire after a failed concert.

Opening Date: 
Thu, 2013-04-25
Language: 
English
Running Time: 
86 min
Genre: 
Documentary/Biography
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Searching for Sugar Man
Author: 
Terry Ong