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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2013, file photo, musician Sixto Rodriguez attends the National Board of Review Awards gala at Cipriani 42nd St. on Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013 in New York. Rodriguez, the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary &quot;Searching for Sugar Man,&quot; is being pulled into a lawsuit over songs on an album from 1970. The dispute centers on the ownership of songs from &quot;Cold Fact&quot; and contracts between Rodriguez and two music companies. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Music company files complaint against Rodriguez

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FILE - A Dec. 18, 2012 photo from files showing Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul. Police in Sweden say the film director behind the Oscar-awarded music documentary &quot;Searching for Sugarman,&quot; Malik Bendjelloul died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik said Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn't specify the cause of death. She said no crime is suspected in relation to the Swedish film maker's death. (AP Photo/TT, Anders Wiklund, file) SWEDEN OUT

Brother: ‘Sugar Man’ director killed himself

By MALIN RISING - Associated Press

FILE - An Aug. 20, 2012 photo from files showing Swedish Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul. Police in Sweden say the film director behind the Oscar-awarded music documentary &quot;Searching for Sugarman,&quot; Malik Bendjelloul died Tuesday, May 13, 2014. He was 36. Police spokeswoman Pia Glenvik said Bendjelloul died in Stockholm late Tuesday, but wouldn't specify the cause of death. She said no crime is suspected in relation to the Swedish film maker's death. (AP Photo/TT, Anders Wiklund, File) SWEDEN OUT

Oscar-winning director Malik Bendjelloul dies at 36

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Cult star seeks to resolve lost SAfrican royalties

By MICHELLE FAUL and JEFF KAROUB - Associated Press

Singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez, who uses only his last name professionally, is the subject of the documentary “Searching for Sugar Man.” Though his career faded in the U.S. in the 1970s, his music was wildly popular in South Africa. (Sony Pictures Classics)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Searching for Sugar Man’

By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times