3. Searching For Sugar Man
IMDb rating: 8.2
The documentary ranks 3rd in our list of best music documentaries on YouTube. It tells the story about two fans from South Africa who want to find out more about American musician Sixto Rodriguez, whose songs are extremely popular in their native country, but no one knows much about him. Ultimately they discover he lives a normal life and isn’t even remotely aware of his popularity. Now, this is a great documentary. That being said, I have felt a bit cheated by it, and maybe so will you. The truth is that Rodriguez wasn’t some unknown underground act that just recorded few albums and disappeared like the documentary suggest. In fact, he did have his share of popularity, especially in Australia where he had big tours and successful chart performances.
