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Searching for Sugar Man

Directed by Malik Bendjelloul

MusicDocumentary

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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Stephen Segerman

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Regan Rodriguez

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Malik Bendjelloul

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Camilla Skagerström

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Malik Bendjelloul

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Mike Theodore

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Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

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Malik Bendjelloul

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Jerome Ferretti

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Craig Bartholomew Strydom

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Steve M. Harris

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Searching for Sugar Man is about 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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Malik Bendjelloul directed Searching for Sugar Man.

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