Searching for sugarman
Searching for Sugar Man
The movie “Searching for Sugar Man” was directed by Malik Bendjelloul. It included details from the 1990’s about Two Cape Town fans, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, who try and figure out the rumored death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez. Rodriguez was born in Mexico and lived in the United States. Rodriguez’s music was popular in South Africa but not in the United States. He never knew he was famous half way around the country. His music career ended before it even started which trailed him into a depression. There were rumors going around that Rodriguez had committed suicide but there was no concluding report to how and why. Rodriguez never committed suicide; instead he laid low with his music and worked to keep him and his family alive.
Around the time that Rodriguez’s music started to fall, South Africa was put under a law called the Population Registration Act. The Act classified you as either white, black (African), or colored (mixed). The laws followed were created by the whites and were discriminative toward the black minority. Rodriguez’s music was accidently smuggled in and was embraced by the youth unlike the United States. His music helped sculpt a new society and gave South Africa hope. After a few years Rodriguez performed in South Africa and still does today. I thought “Searching for Sugarman” was very inspiring. Before this documentary I have never even heard of him or his story. Rodriguez’s music inspired a country that was going through all kinds of discrimination laws and gave a lot of the people hope. Not only did his music inspire the black and colored community but it also impacted the white youth. His music left an anti-apartheid message. Rodriguez’s music career did not make it in the United States because he was Latino. “Searching for Sugarman” claimed he was the Bob Dylan of South Africa. Racism has gotten a lot better, and there are many
The movie “Searching for Sugar Man” was directed by Malik Bendjelloul. It included details from the 1990’s about Two Cape Town fans, Stephen 'Sugar' Segerman and Craig Bartholomew Strydom, who try and figure out the rumored death of American musician Sixto Rodriguez. Rodriguez was born in Mexico and lived in the United States. Rodriguez’s music was popular in South Africa but not in the United States. He never knew he was famous half way around the country. His music career ended before it even started which trailed him into a depression. There were rumors going around that Rodriguez had committed suicide but there was no concluding report to how and why. Rodriguez never committed suicide; instead he laid low with his music and worked to keep him and his family alive.
Around the time that Rodriguez’s music started to fall, South Africa was put under a law called the Population Registration Act. The Act classified you as either white, black (African), or colored (mixed). The laws followed were created by the whites and were discriminative toward the black minority. Rodriguez’s music was accidently smuggled in and was embraced by the youth unlike the United States. His music helped sculpt a new society and gave South Africa hope. After a few years Rodriguez performed in South Africa and still does today. I thought “Searching for Sugarman” was very inspiring. Before this documentary I have never even heard of him or his story. Rodriguez’s music inspired a country that was going through all kinds of discrimination laws and gave a lot of the people hope. Not only did his music inspire the black and colored community but it also impacted the white youth. His music left an anti-apartheid message. Rodriguez’s music career did not make it in the United States because he was Latino. “Searching for Sugarman” claimed he was the Bob Dylan of South Africa. Racism has gotten a lot better, and there are many