Watch this when
Searching for Sugar Man
He thought nobody heard his music. Half a world away, it meant everything to people. Your work might be landing where you can't see it. 🎸
Who it's for
Rodriguez's albums failed in the US, yet his songs became part of life for a generation of South African listeners who assumed he was long dead.
Feelings it meets
What it is
Malik Bendjelloul's Academy Award-winning documentary follows two Cape Town fans, Stephen "Sugar" Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, who in the late 1990s set out to learn whether rumours of the death of Sixto Rodriguez, a 1970s Mexican-American musician, were true. Rodriguez's records had failed in the United States but became very popular in South Africa, where almost nothing was known about him.
Where to find it
Rent or buy on major digital stores. Streaming availability rotates; check JustWatch. Rodriguez's albums Cold Fact and Coming from Reality are on major music platforms.
Before you start
Heads up: Untrue rumours of an on-stage suicide.
Age: PG-13 (some drug references, brief strong language) (Common Sense age not verified)
I'd have a stable full of Arabian steeds, rooms piled high with books, and I'd write out of a magic inkstand,Louisa May Alcott, Little Women, Chapter THIRTEEN
