of his friends is really the spy. Paranoia
shutters MI6 and no one is to be trusted.
music became sort of the soundtrack of
the opposition of apartheid. Rodriguez
became a superstar in South Africa and
there were many myths about him since
no one knew anything about him.
I won’t tell you how the documentary
ends, because I really think that you all
should see it, it’s really worth the 83
minutes it takes.
Searching for Sugar Man
Searching for Sugar Man is a swedish
documentary made in 2012. The
documentary is about a musician, the
American Sixto Rodriguez, who had a
short music career in the years around
1970. He released his first album in 1970,
it was called ‘Cold Fact’. The second
album came only one year later and was
called ‘Coming from Reality’.
His music career was short since his two
albums got terrible reviews and didn’t sell
anything in the US. Rodriguez stopped
trying to make a successful career out of
his music after that and was soon
forgotten. Many believed he had
committed suicide but no one really
knew.
An Australian record label bought the
rights to his songs and released his two
records. The records sold platinum in
South Africa. Why you ask? Rodriguez’s
Is it just me or do more people like this
documentary? Well New York Times gave
it it’s highest grade and it did receive an
Oscar for best documentary in 2013, a
BAFTA for best documentary and a DGAWGA- PGA- and ACE Eddie Award, them
too for best documentary. Go watch it.