Director: Malik Bendjelloul. UK, 2012. 85 minutes. Cert: CLUB. Language: English<\/p>\n
“a\u00a0hugely appealing documentary”<\/em> – New York Times Critics’ Pick<\/p>\n American singer Sixto Rodriguez was the greatest 1970s folk-rock icon who never was. Despite critical praise, his albums bombed in the U.S., and he promptly faded into obscurity, leaving behind only urban legends of a gruesome on-stage suicide.<\/p>\n But somehow a bootleg copy of his album made its way to apartheid South Africa, where his anti-establishment message and distinctive sound resonated with the youth protest movement there, making Rodriguez an instant superstar.<\/p>\n Decades later, two intrepid fans decide to investigate whatever happened to the mysterious rocker. While initially frustrated by a dearth of leads, they eventually trace his roots to 1970s Detroit and a producer named Mike Theodore, who drops a bombshell that completely changes the nature of their investigation.<\/p>\n Truly stranger than fiction, this story of the Mexican-American folk singer from Detroit and his unforeseen success spans decades and continents, and is aptly unraveled to the soundtrack of Rodriguez’ own haunting original songs.<\/p>\n Watch Sixto Rodriquez on The David Letterman Show in 2012.<\/a><\/p>\n Read The New York Times review.<\/a><\/p>\n Click here to see the film’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n