Sugar Man Documentary

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The 2012 Music Documentary Searching for Sugar Man directed by Malik Bendjelloul which is about two men in South Africa on the search for the legend of Sixto Rodriguez and to know what happened to him. In the documentary the narrative is used in a way to keep the audience in a shroud of mystery and confusion as if we too were looking for his identity alongside them. The documentary starts off with the introduction of Stephen Segerman a record shop owner who explains that in the 1970’s Rodriguez was the biggest name in South Africa who nobody knew anything about. You couldn't read anything about him or see him anywhere all people knew of him were his songs and one picture of him sitting down with glasses on the cover of his album, what people know was a rumor that Rodriguez supposedly set himself on fire during his concert. As the documentary continues and we get introduced to our second main Narrator Craig Bartholomew-Strydom a music journalist who is working together with Segerman we learn that Rodriguez album Cold Facts was everywhere in …show more content…

After learning about a brief history lesson about Rodriques impact in South America we eventually know everything that the narrator's does at that moment and because we are along for the ride with them as they piece things bit by bit we feel like a detective on a huge hunt right there with them. However I feel a little part was ruined from this due to the fact that they showed pictures of an older Rodriguez early on when we were still getting attached to the mystery behind him as well as showing an interview from someone who had met him in Detroit spoiling major clues. I felt very disappointed and somewhat lost a small amount of interest in the beginning now that some of this crucial information was given out so easily and had wish for them to not reveal it till the

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