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Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Great Art Always Survives

2012•1h 25m•7.9/10
MusicDocumentary

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7.9/10(1K)

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

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Production

Passion Pictures, Red Box Films, Canfield Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Stephen Segerman

Stephen Segerman

Self

Rodriguez

Rodriguez

Self

Regan Rodriguez

Regan Rodriguez

Self

Eva Rodriguez

Eva Rodriguez

Self

Mike Theodore

Self

Dennis Coffey

Dennis Coffey

Self

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Self

Clarence Avant

Clarence Avant

Self

Steve Rowland

Steve Rowland

Self

Malik Bendjelloul

Malik Bendjelloul

Self (uncredited)

Dan DiMaggio

Self

Jerome Ferretti

Self

Willem Möller

Willem Möller

Self

Craig Bartholomew Strydom

Self

Ilse Assmann

Self

Steve M. Harris

Self

Robbie Mann

Robbie Mann

Self

Rick Emmerson

Self

Rian Malan

Self

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