Another on the list to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, 2013's Searching for Sugar Man is also one of the most heartwarming and moving documentary about music you're likely to see. Director Malik Bendjelloul follows South African music fans Stephen 'Sugar' Sugerman and Craig Bartholemew Strydom as they attempt to track down music icon Sixto Rodriguez, an American musician who is rumoured to have committed suicide on stage, either by shooting or setting fire to himself in front of the audience. With no evidence to corroborate such wild claims, they set out to discover exactly what became of him. Despite his huge success in South Africa, Rodriguez had no such luck finding fame in America - will Sugerman and Strydom discover the truth about this enigmatic, charismatic performer? Searching for Sugar Man is a rich and moving homage to the dedicated spirit of music fans; without their passion and love for music no artist - no matter how great - would have an audience to play to. It's also about the fickle nature of fame and stardom, often less about talent and more about being in the right place at the right time. And perhaps above all of that, Searching for Sugar Man is about the joy of music itself and its ineffable ability to move crowds of people in ways which few other mediums of artistic expression can.
