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Experience the unlikely resurrection experienced by Sixto Rodriguez in this moving documentary account of the Detroit musician's life and career. Vanishing into obscurity after the initial rollout of his albums in the early '70s failed, Rodriguez is tracked down years later and learns that his songs were reborn as platinum hits in apartheid-era South Africa, where young Afrikaners connected to his artistry and elevated him to folk hero status. 87 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; Subtitles: English (SDH), French; audio commentary; "making of" featurette.