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The Boy from Medellín (2020)
El Niño de Medellin, Paisa verraco y echado pa delante!!!
This documentary focusses on the life of Jose, and like any documentary you do get to see a little of the human side of the artist. They did a kind of ok job summarizing the 1 week, but they did a good job showing the human. I do sympathize with him on his mental health and I am glad he was brave enough to show it on a documentary at the international level. When you watch this do it with an open main and please understand that even for those that suffer from depression, it is very hard to feel weak and show it to the world to judge.
Like always Medellin looks beautiful, people are beautiful, and it is true that we have a horrible history of political issues, and as an artist he has our voice and he should talk about what is going on. But wow the irony, they used to say people that liked reggaetón and dance in the farras were gamines que yo no se que, and now people ask for him to talk! Interesting. I like his point of view on that, and the fact that he speaks out for the inhuman treatment that the government is giving to us.
If you think this documentary is too precautious or too scripted, you maybe should check the history of Colombia, and papi lets be real you would also have some precaution.
Elisa y Marcela (2019)
Must Watch
Great movie! It is base in a novel based on a real life event. It is important to watch because it is an example of how many people have the courage to fight against the standard norms of society to love. As a movie, it was very interesting. I liked a lot that it was black and white reminding the viewer that the movie it is set in a old time and portraying its melancholy. Of course there are some characters that we loose in the movie, but those are background characters, and I prefer more time of Elisa and Marcela playing in the beach than secondary characters being developed. This movie should be watch by everyone because everyone needs to be educated on all the different spectrums of the human kind. It is better to watch it in Spanish if you understand it cause a lot can be lost on translation. Also, because this movie has a real story as base, it would be beneficial to know what the position of Spain was in the beginning of the 1900's, and read a little bit about the couple before war hung the movie.