Searching for Sugar Man

Bendjelloul, Malik, 1977- (Producer, Screenwriter, Director, Editor). Chinn, Simon. (Producer). Rodriguez, Sixto (Interviewee, Performer). 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). Steve Segerman, Sixto Rodriguez. (Cast).

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.

Item details

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

Contents / Notes

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. English dialogue; with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Camilla Skagerström ; original songs by Sixto Rodriguez.
Participant or Performer Note:	Steve Segerman, Sixto Rodriguez.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some drug references.
System Details Note:	DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.78) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Language Note:	English dialogue; with optional French subtitles and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.