The US is many times the last to discover and embrace new musical talent

Many acts don't find recognition and acceptance in the US and it's after they go touring in other countries and get discovered there that then the US realizes how good they are, i.e Kings of Leon, The Ramones, etc. What's heartbreaking about this man's life is that just from the record sales in SA and Australia he could have lived solely from his artistry, and gone on produce even greater music, as he would have built upon his initial recordings which showed great promise, so the critique given previously is quite unfair when you realize that artist even like Bob Dylan only got better by what their success afforded them, i.e better producers, collaborating musicians not to mention the time to write and compose that instead for Rodiguez had to be used to wield a shovel instead of a guitar. So somebody obviously got rich off Rodriguez and stole what Rodriguez might have done in his prime, that would have been the capstone of this doc. to find out who that was, and expose this thief for all to see. All of this could have made Rodriguez a bitter man, but instead we see a gracious humble man who found other riches that avarice and greed can't begin to understand and Rodriguez never became that which he sang against; the corrupt corrupted by power and wealth. God bless you Rodriguez and may others learn from your example