Searching for Sugar Man

Bendjelloul, Malik, 1977- (Added Author). Chinn, Simon. (Added Author). Rodriguez, Sixto (Added Author). Segerman, Stephen. (Added Author). Bartholomew-Strydom, Craig. (Added Author). Red Box Films. (Added Author). Passion Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Canfield Pictures (Firm) (Added Author). Documentary Company (London, England) (Added Author). Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) (Added Author). Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, two fans, record store owner Stephen Segerman and journalist Craig Bartholomew-Strydom, decided to seek out the truth of his fate.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 87 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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videorecording
Publisher: [New York] : Sony Pictures Classics ; Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2013].

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 2012. Special features: Commentary with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez ; Making Sugar Man ; An evening with Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez ; Theatrical trailer. Anamorphic widescreen (1.78) presentation.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	A Red Box Films & Passion Pictures production in association with Canfield Pictures & the Documentary Company ; a film by Malik Bendjelloul ; Producers, Simon Chinn, Malik Bendjelloul ; Writer/Director, Malik Bendjelloul ; Original songs by Sixto Rodriguez.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some drug references.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Home use only.
Language Note:	English dialogue; with optional French subtitles. English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing).
Awards Note:	Winner, 2012 Sundance Audience Award (World Cinema Documentary Competition) & Winner of 2012 Sundance Special Jury Prize (World Cinema Documentary Competition)