PREVIEW: The Boy from Medellín (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) J Balvin

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Matthew Heineman (A Private War), director, producer, cinematographer, editor; Mariana Trevino (film debut), writer; Juan Camilo Cruz (City of Ghosts), Myles Estey (Cartel Land) and Joedan Okun (The Carrier), producers; H. Scott Salinas (The Banker), composer; Drew Daniels (It Comes at Night), Clair Popkin (Free Solo) and Max Preiss (Let The Bell Ring), cinematographers; Sebastian Hernandez (The Squad), Fernando Villegas (film debut), Pax Wassermann (Which Way Home) and David Zieff (My Father’s Garden), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Colombian reggaeton superstar J Balvin prepares for his 2019 homecoming concert, amidst a difficult political climate which causes him to question his responsibility as an artist to his millions of fans…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman documents the week leading up to international music star J Balvin’s legendary concert in his home town, exploring both the surrounding political unrest and the struggles of setting an example in the public eye.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH MAY 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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