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Tag: Sixto Rodriguez

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Latino rocker’s journey is stranger than fiction

by El Tecolote Staff July 9, 2012July 9, 2012

South African filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul’s new film, ā€œSearching For Sugar Man,ā€ explores the transformative journey of Mexican-American psychedelic folk-rocker Sixto Rodriguez—from a much-hyped musical flop as ā€œthe Dylan of Detroit,ā€ to an anti-apartheid hero and venue-packing rock-legend in Bendjelloul’s homeland.

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