I wrote a movie review of this inspiring film before it won the Oscar (click here) after I saw it at the Crossroads Festival Theater (where it is still playing once a day). And last week the Loft Theater, which had originally shown this movie, brought it back for one night on April 11.

Seeing this movie the 2nd time brought to reality the role that Rodriguez’s existential, anti-establishment lyrics had on the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa.

The star of the film, Sixto Rodriguez is now on tour, and coming to Tucson on April 19, at the AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road. Online tickets at tickets.solcasino.com, or call 1-800-344-9435. More info:http://www.rialtotheatre.com/news/archives/2013/02/rodriguez_at_av.html. Originally he was supposed to perform at the Rialto Theater downtown on Congress St, but due to his recent popularity, the venue was changed to the AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol, to accommodate the thousands of new fans.

All ages welcome, doors open at 7 p.m., for the 8 p.m. live show. Giant Sand will also be performing, and tickets are $20 and up.

Listen to new phenomenon Rodriguez perform this week, then see the film (or vice versa). DVDs of the film are also already available at Casa Video and at the Pima County Public Library.

Rodriguez’s nationwide tour starts off in Mesa, Arizona on April 18, comes here, then goes on to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Vancouver, Portland, Salt Lake City, Broomfield (CO), Dallas, Austin, New Orleans, Tampa, Atlanta, Nashville, St. Paul (MN), Chicago, and ends up in his hometown of Detroit, MI, all in a month! Some of his songs are also on youtube.com. I especially like the haunting lyrics of “I Wonder”.

2011 Native Eyes Film Showcase (21 films from USA, Canada, New Zealand)

The first films “Bear Tung” (9 min.) and “Good Meat” (51 min.) will be shown at the Center for English as a 2nd Language (CESL building), 1100 E. James Roger Way on UA campus, on Nov. 30 at 5:30 p.m. Following the 2 films, the public is invited to the Az State Museum for buffalo meat tasting & special viewing of the Plains Indians collections & the exhibit “Through the Eyes of the Eagle: Illustrating Healthy Living.”

The rest of the films from December 1 to 3 will be at the Grand Cinemas at Crossroads Festival, 4811 E. Grant Rd. All films will costs $5. Phone: 520-327-7067. Website: www.movievalue.com

The last 2 films “Grab” at 2 p.m. and “Miss Navajo” at 3:30 p.m. on December 4 which are free, will be shown at Baboquivari High School on the Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells.

See entire listing: http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/public/native_eyes/index.shtml

Native Eyes Film Showcase, presented by Arizona State Museum and the UA’s Hanson Film Institute, in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian, brings the best of new cinema made by today’s most talented indigenous filmmakers (directors, actors, producers, writers) to celebrate their creativity and to examine the underlying themes of their work.