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Searching for Sugar Man

2012

Two South African fans set out to solve a mystery: the fate of Rodriguez, an obscure 1970s American singer who flopped at home but, unknown to him, became a legend and an anti-apartheid anthem in South Africa. An Oscar-winning documentary with a stunning twist.

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