SEARCHING FOR SUGAR MAN (2012)
Directed by Malik Bendjelloul
Directed by Malik Bendjelloul
In the early ’70s, a man by the name of Rodriguez recorded two albums. The first, “Cold Fact,” sold poorly, if at all — “six copies maybe,” says the head of his label. Meanwhile, half a world away, in South Africa, the album found the mass audience that had eluded it in America, and, with its politically charged lyrics, even served as the unofficial soundtrack to the struggle against apartheid. To South Africans, Rodriguez was — is — every bit as big as Elvis, although rumors of his tragic demise were met with less incredulity than that of the King’s. After all, precious little was known about the man.
