Boy from Medellin, The

[Available May 7 on Amazon Prime video.] Matthew Heineman's engaging, entertaining, behind-the-scene, colorful, 95-minute, 2020 documentary in which famous, tattooed, multi-award-winning, anxiety-prone, Colombian reggaeton pop singer and musician José Álvaro Osorio Balvín (aka J. Balvin), who is supported by his girlfriend Valentina Ferrer, managers Scooter Braun and Allison Kaye, psychiatrist Carlos López, physician Sergio Franco, and spiritual advisor Ramírez Agudelo, candidly discusses his struggles with severe depression and panic attacks as he prepares for his homecoming, sold-out, outdoor concert in Medellín, Colombia, in November 2019 during a period of widespread political unrest, violent protests, and national strikes under right-wing President Iván Duque Márquez.
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