I went to see the Academy Award winning documentary "Searching for Sugarman" with my friend Valarie (pictured above) last night at the Mayan Theater here in Denver. It was a great film, and definitely deserved the Oscar for Best Documentary. However, it also left a lot of unanswered questions. Why is the movie named "Searching for Sugarman?" That wasn't a nickname for Sixto Rodriquez , the subject of the film, just a name from one of his songs. Why was the film made only now, 15 years after Rodriquez appeared to a hero's welcome in South Africa? The film interviews his 3 children, but there was no mention, even in passing, of his wife. The film also mentions in a single sentence that one of the daughters fell in love with someone in South Africa, and Rodriquez now has a grandson there. This daughter apparently still lives in Detroit, so did they marry, get divorced, do they share joint custody? It is all very mysterious. Perhaps someone should make a documentary about it.
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