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Searching for Sugar Man / a Red Box Films & Passion Pictures production in association with Canfield Pictures & the Documentary Company ; a film by Malik Bendjelloul ; produced by Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul ; executive producer, John Battsek ; written, directed and edited by Malik Bendjelloul.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Searching for Sugar Man (Motion picture)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rodriguez, Sixto.
- Folk musicians--Biography.
- Folk musicians.
- Folk singers--Biography.
- Folk singers.
- Folk musicians--Michigan--Detroit.
- Folk singers--Michigan--Detroit.
- Streaming video.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Documentary films.
- Biographical films.
- Internet videos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (87 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Sony Pictures Classics, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Searching for Sugar Man tells the incredible true story of Rodriguez, the greatest '70s rock icon who never was. After being discovered in a Detroit bar, Rodriguez's sound struck 2 renowned producers and they signed a recording deal. But when the album bombed, the singer disappeared into obscurity. A bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and over the next two decades, he became a phenomenon. The film follows the story of two South African fans who set out to find out what really happened to their hero.
- Participant:
- Featuring: Stephen "Sugar" Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore, Dan DiMaggio, Jerome Ferretti, Steve Rowland, Willem Möller, Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, Ilse Assmann, Steve M. Harris, Robbie Mann, Clarence Avant, Eva Rodriguez, Sixto Rodriguez, Regan Rodriguez, Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy, Rick Emmerson, Rian Malan.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed April 11, 2019).
- Won 2013 Academy Awards, Best Documentary - Features
- Won 2013 British Academy Film Awards, Best Documentary Film
- Won 2012 Sundance Film Festival, World Cinema - Documentary
- OCLC:
- 1101021556
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