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Watch options. Storyline Edit. In the early s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career with only two well received but non-selling albums. Unknown to Rodriguez, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon and inspiration for generations.
Long rumored there to be dead by suicide, a few fans in the s decided to seek out the truth of their hero's fate. What follows is a bizarrely heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all. He was a star in the making, who vanished without a trace. But on the other side of the world, he inspired a generation.
Rated PG for brief strong language and some drug references. Did you know Edit. Trivia Some parts of the documentary were shot on an iPhone App called 8mm Vintage Camera after the producers ran out of film for an expensive real 8mm camera. Director Malik Bendjelloul was cash strapped from making the documentary.
Quotes Rodriguez : Thanks for keeping me alive! User reviews Review. Top review. Searching for Sixto. Greetings again from the darkness. I make no apologies for my tendency to have higher expectations and be more demanding of documentaries than other films. When dealing with a real subject, event or person, there is no place for fabrication or embellishment.
The truth must stand and entertain on its own. Filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul has no such issue given his fascinating, almost jaw-dropping story of musician Sixto Rodriguez. Described as Dylan-esque, Rodriguez was a folk singer and songwriter who put out two albums: Cold Fact and Comng from Reality After that, the story got a bit hazy.
Urban Legend had Rodriguez dousing himself with gasoline while onstage, and committing suicide by lighting himself up. Mostly he just seemed to disappear, not simply fade away. Cat and Mouse.
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