ABSTRACT

In the narrative and post-release aftermath of the film Searching for Sugar Man various claims have been made about the relationship between Rodriguez’s album Cold Fact (in particular) and the development of an anti-apartheid rebelliousness among white South African youth in the 1970s and 1980s. These claims have ranged from the unlikely to the incredible. This is a critical investigative article based on interviews, archival research, and exploration of primary and secondary sources. It provides a critique of the anti-apartheid narrative presented in the film, and in particular focuses on the section of the film in which claims about the censorship of Rodriguez’s music are made. It is revealed that serious manipulation and distortion of events were used to present a fabricated version of the Rodriguez story.

摘要

在电影《寻找小糖人》的叙述和发行后，人们对罗德里格斯的专辑“冷事实”之间的关系提出了各种说法（特别是）以及 1970 年代和 1980 年代南非白人青年反种族隔离叛乱的发展。这些说法的范围从不太可能到令人难以置信。这是一篇基于访谈、档案研究以及对主要和次要来源的探索的批判性调查文章。它对电影中呈现的反种族隔离叙事进行了批评，并特别关注电影中声称对罗德里格斯的音乐进行审查的部分。据透露，对事件的严重操纵和歪曲被用来呈现罗德里格斯故事的捏造版本。