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Searching for Sugar Man
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Searching for Sugar Man

Jun 30, 2012
1h 25m
★ 7.9

Great Art Always Survives

Overview

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

Genres

Music
Documentary

Production Companies

Passion Pictures
Red Box Films
Canfield Pictures

Searching for Sugar Man Trailers

Cast

Stephen Segerman

Self

Stephen Segerman

Rodriguez

Self

Rodriguez

Regan Rodriguez

Self

Regan Rodriguez

Eva Rodriguez

Self

Eva Rodriguez

Mike Theodore

Self

Mike Theodore

Dennis Coffey

Self

Dennis Coffey

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Self

Sandra Rodriguez-Kennedy

Clarence Avant

Self

Clarence Avant

Steve Rowland

Self

Steve Rowland

Malik Bendjelloul

Self (uncredited)

Malik Bendjelloul

Dan DiMaggio

Self

Dan DiMaggio

Jerome Ferretti

Self

Jerome Ferretti

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