Jack and I loved this documentary about Rodriguez, a folksinger/songwriter who was hugely popular in South Africa 1969-72 but then disappeared, and the two guys from Cape Town 25 years later who set out to discover what happened to him. Maybe you've read what they found, but, in case you haven't, I won't give it away here. I had no idea and was pleasantly surprised by how it turned out. His music, lyrics, and voice have some Phil Ochs, some Bob Dylan, and a sound all his own. I bought the movie soundtrack and a few more mp3s from Cold Fact and Coming From Reality (both 1970) to fill out the collection after seeing the movie today. Here is a link to some tracks from Cold Fact.
At Sundance in January it won the Audience Award and Special Jury Prize for World Cinema-Documentary and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in that category, and won five other awards so far. On rottentomatoes it averages 95% from critics and 96 from audiences. Wow. Thanks to Lucinda for recommending it so strongly.
See this movie. You'll love it. Then write me at babetteflix at gmail and I'll tell you how to hear more music.
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