Menudo: Forever Young,” the HBO Max docuseries about the titular Latin American boy band, has been released.Directed by filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto and Kristofer Ríos, the four-part docuseries follows the rise of Menudo, a Puerto Rican musical group formed in 1977 by producer Edgardo Díaz that became one of the most popular boy bands in history, selling 20 million records worldwide during the 1980s.
The series chronicles the group’s meteoric rise in the ’80s, and the fall it suffered during the ’90s, after sexual abuse allegations against Díaz surfaced.
Over a dozen former members of the band were interviewed for the docuseries to discuss the exploitation they experienced while performing for the group. “Menudo: Forever Young” is executive produced by Soto, Cristina Costantini and Jeff Plunkett of Muck Media, Alex Fumero of Trojan Horse, Bryn Mooser and Justin Lacob of XTR.
Rios co-executive produces with Maura Anderson. The docuseries will make its world premiere on June 11, at the Tribeca Festival in New York.All four parts of “Menudo: Forever Young” will premiere June 23 on HBO Max.
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