Searching for Sugar Man 2012
- Director: Malik Bendjelloul
- Based on novel: no, it’s a documentary
- Cast: It’s a documentary about Sixto Rodriguez
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in: no cast
- Why? Music
- Seen: 15 July 2019
Rodriguez was a musician in Detroit
in the 60’s. It was said that his songs were as good as Dylan’s. It was said
that he was the next big thing. He was an elusive, mystical drifter, a gritty inner-city
poet. He had the support of the big wigs in the music industry.
So what happened?
Oddly his albums became underground
superhits in apartheid South Africa though they had no idea who he was. His
music inspired the anti-apartheid movement, though it was strictly banned by
the government. His records sold more than the Rolling Stones or Presley. But
no one knew anything about him. Was he even still alive? Had he committed
suicide on stage?
The search begins.
What a fascinating story. What a
life. What a film.
Tragically, the director committed
suicide two years after the film was made.
5 * of 5
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