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7.9/ 10

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2012

Release Year

85 min

Runtime

Music
Documentary

Overview

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

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Keywords

musician
1970s
mayor
south africa
icon
based on true story
music business
election
detroit, michigan
reading
recording
city council
music tour

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Reviews(5)

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Andres Gomez

@tanty

April 5, 2014

6
6/10

An interesting story in a well driven story and high quality cut. However, it tries to be much more epic than what it actually is.

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Cavalli

August 11, 2019

8
8/10

An unlikely and interesting story that is part historical, part investigation and ultimately satisfying. The historical backdrop of South Africa's dictatorship years and of the lack of communication it had with the outside world are key in understanding why this strange story could happen in the fir

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Igbochild

July 6, 2022

10
10/10

An endlessly fascinating and compelling story involving Rodriguez, a talented American singer-songwriter that should have been a household name, but instead quickly faded into obscurity. Long rumored to have died under tragic circumstances, his music develops a cult following among the Afrikaner you

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badelf

September 10, 2022

10
10/10

This is probably the most enjoyable documentary film I've ever seen. It's about a singer from the 70s whom I've never heard of (although I'm old enough) even though he's clearly a better poet and songwriter than Bob Dylan (yes, I said that and I'm a poet so there's my credentials). If you know anyth

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

March 14, 2024

7
7/10

This is quite a curious documentary that at times made me wonder if the whole story was an hoax. It's all about Sixto Rodriguez who made a couple of albums in the early 1970s that had some critical acclaim but didn't track at all with the audience. Well not in the USA, they didn't. In South Africa i

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