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Where to Watch Searching for Sugar Man (2012) in the US
- 2012
- PG-13
- 1h 26m
- 8.2IMDb
- 95%Rotten Tomatoes
- 79Metascore
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What it's about
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.
Cast and crew
- Director
- Malik Bendjelloul
- Starring
- Rodriguez, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman, Dennis Coffey
Details
- Release date
- Jul 26, 2012
- Language
- English, Spanish, Afrikaans
- Country
- Sweden, United Kingdom, Finland
- Box office
- $3,696,196
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 44 wins & 33 nominations total
Where to Watch Searching for Sugar Man (2012) in the US — common questions
- Where to watch Searching for Sugar Man in the United States?
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- Watch the movie with a subscription on Hulu (HD). Rent the movie on Apple TV Store, Fandango at Home, and Prime Video.
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