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1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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In the early 1970s, Sixto Rodriguez was a Detroit folksinger who had a short-lived recording career. Unknown to him, his musical story continued in South Africa where he became a pop music icon. Long rumored there to be dead, a few fans in the 90s decided to seek out the truth of his fate. What follows is a heartening story in which they found far more in their quest than they ever hoped, while a Detroit construction laborer discovered that his lost artistic dreams came true after all
Originally released as a motion picture in 2012
Director of photography, Camilla Skagerström; original songs by Sixto Rodriguez
Participants: Steve Segerman, Sixto Rodriguez
Rating: PG-13; for brief strong language and some drug references
Blu-ray Disc, widescreen (1.78) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1; requires Blu-ray player
English dialogue; English or French subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing
WINNER: Best feature documentary, Academy Awards 2013 -- WINNER: Special Jury Prize, World Cinema-Documentary Sundance Film Festival -- WINNER: Audience Award, World Cinema-Documentary Sundance Film Festival -- WINNER: Audience Award Best Documentary, LA Film Fest -- NOMINATED: Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema-Documentary Sundance Film Festival -- OFFICIAL SELECTION: Tribeca Film Festival