Searching for Sugar Man

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IMDb Votes: 75,728Open on IMDb

Rated: PG-13

In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations. Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the 1990s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all.

Country:

SwedenUnited KingdomFinland

Language:

EnglishSpanishAfrikaans

Runtime: 86 min

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 33 nominations total

Box Office: $3,696,196