Before "Searching for Sugar Man" won the Oscar for Best Documentary, director Malik Bendjelloul and the subject of the film, 70-year-old Sixto Rodriguez, were live in the Fox 2 studios talking about what happened when his records didn't sell back in the sixties.
"I pretty much left the music scene," said Rodriguez. "Malik rescued me with his film."
That rescue came in the form of telling the amazing story of a musician that finds his fame 30 years after his record is released when his songs became the soundtrack for fighting apartheid.
"It was a true fairy tale, a man who lives for 30 years as a construction worker in downtown Detroit not knowing that at the very same time he's more famous than Elvis Presley in South Africa, and then that he learns about it after 30 years and he gets the recognition," said Bendjelloul.
Rodriguez was not at the Oscars. Why?
"Rodriguez isn't here tonight because he didn't want to take any of the credit himself," Bendjelloul told the audience.
By not going, the amazing and aloof performer has once again proven that he's not in it for the fame.
So today we remember and congratulate Detroit's own Rodriguez and his film "Searching for Sugar Man."
Thursday, June 13 2013 9:27 PM EDT2013-06-14 01:27:50 GMT
Gracious and humble British import Henry Cavill takes on the biggest role of his career playing Superman and Clark Kent in "Man of Steel". Fox 2's Lee Thomas recently sat down with Cavill for a one-on-one interview.
Gracious and humble British import Henry Cavill takes on the biggest role of his career playing Superman and Clark Kent in "Man of Steel". Fox 2's Lee Thomas recently sat down with Cavill for a one-on-one interview.
Monday, June 10 2013 12:16 PM EDT2013-06-10 16:16:28 GMT
Wesley Coller was a spike-haired kid from Pinckney that loved the movies. Now, he is the co-producer of one of the most anticipated films of the summer, 'Man of Steel.'
Wesley Coller was a spike-haired kid from Pinckney that loved the movies. Now, he is the co-producer of one of the most anticipated films of the summer, 'Man of Steel.'
Friday, June 7 2013 10:21 AM EDT2013-06-07 14:21:23 GMT
The band Death, originally from Detroit, is credited as being the first African-American punk rock band. They'll take the stage at this weekend's Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle.
The band Death, originally from Detroit, is credited as being the first African-American punk rock band. They'll take the stage at this weekend's Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 9:45 AM EDT2013-06-19 13:45:33 GMT
Kid Rock has added an eighth date to his "$20 Best Night Ever" tour at DTE Energy Music Theatre. Officials say tickets for the Aug. 20 show will go on sale at 10 a.m. on June 22.
Kid Rock has added an eighth date to his "$20 Best Night Ever" tour at DTE Energy Music Theatre. Officials say tickets for the Aug. 20 show will go on sale at 10 a.m. on June 22.
Monday, June 17 2013 7:06 AM EDT2013-06-17 11:06:45 GMT
The makers of the next installment of the "Transformers" movie franchise plan to shoot an action sequence this month along a wheat field-lined stretch of Michigan state highway near Adrian.
The makers of the next installment of the "Transformers" movie franchise plan to shoot an action sequence this month along a wheat field-lined stretch of Michigan state highway near Adrian.
Thursday, June 13 2013 9:27 PM EDT2013-06-14 01:27:50 GMT
Gracious and humble British import Henry Cavill takes on the biggest role of his career playing Superman and Clark Kent in "Man of Steel". Fox 2's Lee Thomas recently sat down with Cavill for a one-on-one interview.
Gracious and humble British import Henry Cavill takes on the biggest role of his career playing Superman and Clark Kent in "Man of Steel". Fox 2's Lee Thomas recently sat down with Cavill for a one-on-one interview.
Monday, June 10 2013 12:16 PM EDT2013-06-10 16:16:28 GMT
Wesley Coller was a spike-haired kid from Pinckney that loved the movies. Now, he is the co-producer of one of the most anticipated films of the summer, 'Man of Steel.'
Wesley Coller was a spike-haired kid from Pinckney that loved the movies. Now, he is the co-producer of one of the most anticipated films of the summer, 'Man of Steel.'
Friday, June 7 2013 1:33 PM EDT2013-06-07 17:33:23 GMT
Brad Pitt wants the music for "World War Z" to be much more than a footnote. Watch footage from the London premiere, along with a performance from Muse, inside the story.
Brad Pitt wants the music for "World War Z" to be much more than a footnote. Watch footage from the London premiere, along with a performance from Muse, inside the story.
Friday, June 7 2013 10:21 AM EDT2013-06-07 14:21:23 GMT
The band Death, originally from Detroit, is credited as being the first African-American punk rock band. They'll take the stage at this weekend's Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle.
The band Death, originally from Detroit, is credited as being the first African-American punk rock band. They'll take the stage at this weekend's Orion Music + More festival on Belle Isle.
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Rodriguez (Credit: Fox 2 News)
