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00:30How many records do you think he's still in America?
00:32In America, six.
00:34Nobody had even heard of him.
00:36How can that be?
00:37How can that be?
00:40It's a bit of a mystery how the first copy of Cult Fact came to South Africa,
00:44but to us, it was one of the most famous records of all time.
00:47He was the soundtrack to our lives.
00:49Bigger than Elvis.
00:50Much bigger than writing stands.
00:52Any revolution needs an answer.
00:54The message it had was, be anti-establishment.
00:56The first opposition to apartheid, they were influenced by Rodriguez.
01:02Nobody knew anything about him.
01:03He was a mystery.
01:05Then we found out that he had committed suicide.
01:08The story differs a lot, and a lot of people have different versions of the story.
01:12He's setting self-alight on stage.
01:15He reached down and pulled up a gun and pulled the trigger.
01:19I thought it would make a good story, find out how Rodriguez died.
01:22So we started looking quite deeply at the lyrics, and one day, just by accident, I found it.
01:28What I thought was the end of the story was actually just the beginning,
01:32and the best part are still to come.
01:37He said, wanted, and have you seen this man?
01:41As a matter of fact, I haven't seen it before.
01:44Sounds like something you would make up if you were bragging on some dream or something.
01:51He's like a wise man, a prophet, way beyond just being a musical artist.
01:59He had this kind of magical quality that all genuine poets and artists have.
02:08I think he's representative of the human spirit, of what's possible.
02:13Forgive me.
02:17This is all too strange to be true.
02:19These are the days of miracles and wonder.
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