Searching for Sugarman // Documentary

I forgårs så jeg den oscarvindende dokumentar Searching for Sugarman på DR2, og den er virkelig et kig værd. Historien og personen og talentet bag historien er interessant og ikke sådan lige at glemme igen.

Jeg ved ikke om I kan streame den på DRs hjemmeside, men hvis I kan bør I gøre det.

Dokumentaren skal lige have lov til at komme i gang, men så udfolder der sig også en anderledes og mærkværdig historie om musikeren Rodriguez der blev superkendt i Sydafrika og endda forbudt under apartheid med nummeret "I wonder" og "Sugar Man", men forblev fuldstændig ukendt i hans hjemland USA.

En hårdtarbejdende mand med en simpel livsførsel og et ualmindeligt talent.

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If you haven't seen Searching for Sugarman you have to do yourself a favour and watch it asap.

The documentary tells the story about an American singer-song-writer that becomes not only famous in South Africa but also forbidden during apartheid (with the songs "I wonder" and "Sugar Man"), but unheard of in his own country, the U.S.. 

And so what... nothing new in that, you might think.

Perhaps not, but what makes this story amazing is the artist Rodriguez himself. His personality, his humility and his indisputable talent for jotting words down and making unforgettable music out of those few, but precise words.

My first reaction when hearing Rodriguez' songs in the documentary was that he reminds me of Bob Dylan and that he's actually a bit better than Bob Dylan.