Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Name: Searching for Sugar Man
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey, Mike Theodore, Dan DiMaggio, Jerome Ferretti

Searching for Sugar Man

PG-13

Documentary

Biography

Release Date: June 30, 2012
Director: Malik Bendjelloul
Cast: Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman , Dennis Coffey , Mike Theodore , Dan DiMaggio , Jerome Ferretti , Steve Rowland
Runtime: 85
Main Genre: Documentary
Writers: Malik Bendjelloul , Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman , Craig Bartholomew Strydom
Tagline: Written, Directed, and Produced by Malik Bendjelloul.
Website: http://www.sonyclassics.com/searchingforsugarman/

Summary

In the late ‘60s, a musician was discovered in a Detroit bar by two celebrated Motown producers who were struck by his soulful melodies and prophetic lyrics. They recorded an album that they believed was going to secure his reputation as one of the greatest recording artists of his generation. In fact, the album bombed and the singer disappeared into obscurity amid rumors of a gruesome on-stage suicide. But a bootleg recording found its way into apartheid South Africa and, over the next two decades, it became a phenomenon (as big as The Beatles). Two South African fans then set out to find out what really happened to their hero. Their investigation led them to a story more extraordinary than any of the existing myths about the artist known as Rodriguez. This is a film about hope, inspiration and the resonating power of music.