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Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 Swedish–British documentary film of a South African cultural phenomenon directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Read More..

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Description	Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 Swedish–British documentary film of a South African cultural phenomenon directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa although little was known about him in that country.On 10 February 2013, the film won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary at the 66th British Academy Film Awards in London, The Independent, 10 February 2013: Full list of Bafta award winners. Retrieved 26 February 2013 and two weeks later it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood. DocumentaryHive, 25 February 2013: The 2013 Oscars Best Documentary Award. Retrieved 26 February 2013 Bendjelloul committed suicide a year later.
Description	Searching for Sugar Man is a 2012 Swedish–British documentary film of a South African cultural phenomenon directed and written by Malik Bendjelloul which details the efforts of two Cape Town fans in the late 1990s, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, to find out whether the rumoured death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez was true and, if not, to discover what had become of him. Rodriguez's music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa although little was known about him in that country.On 10 February 2013, the film won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary at the 66th British Academy Film Awards in London, The Independent, 10 February 2013: Full list of Bafta award winners. Retrieved 26 February 2013 and two weeks later it won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 85th Academy Awards in Hollywood. DocumentaryHive, 25 February 2013: The 2013 Oscars Best Documentary Award. Retrieved 26 February 2013 Bendjelloul committed suicide a year later.

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Director	Malik Bendjelloul
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Writer	Malik Bendjelloul
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Cinematography	Camilla Skagerström
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Editing	Malik Bendjelloul
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Starring	Sixto Rodriguez
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Music	Sixto Rodriguez
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Runtime	86 minutes
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Country	Sweden,United Kingdom
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Language	English
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Producer	Malik Bendjelloul , Simon Chinn
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Studio	Red Box Film,Passion Pictures,Canfield Pictures,Sveriges Television,Yle Co-Production,Hysteria Film
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Distributor	Studio Canal (UK) , NonStop Entertainment (Sweden) , Sony Pictures Classics (US)
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Released	df=y/2012/01/19 (Sundance) /2012/07/26 (UK) /2012/07/27 (US limited) /2012/08/24 (Sweden)
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Gross	$9.1 million
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