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05.05.2021 / 23:37
J Balvin's 'The Boy From Medellin' Portrays the Colombian Singer's Rise to Fame and a Country in Crisis
J Balvin,, you get the sense that filmmaker and singer alike had a specific kind of film in mind. Opening with a kindhearted moment at a Mexico concert, where Balvin (born José Álvaro Osorio Balvín) talks candidly about his mental health struggles, you get the sense that was designed as a chronicle of an artist set to return to his hometown, older and wiser than when he’d first left.And, to be fair, Heineman’s documentary delivers on that account.