A new documentary on Oscar De la Hoya takes a look at his triumphs and demons and the sometimes difficult relationships in Latino families.
A couple of years ago, Oscar De la Hoya approached his father, Joel Sr., and told him: “I love you, dad.”
“It’s part of our culture. My dad is macho and the strong man of the family, but why is that? I told him I loved him because he would never say that to me first,” De la Hoya said. “I know he loves me, but it’s nice to hear it every now and then.”The communication within Latino families can be strained by strong cultural norms, including machismo, and this dynamic is reflected in the new HBO documentary “Golden Boy,” debuting Monday on the streaming service Max.
“Humans are complicated, but we all want to be loved,” Villena said. “A lot of us have difficult relationships with our parents, especially in our formative years. The tragic thing about Oscar is that he was never able to repair that relationship with his mother because she died so young. There were a lot of things he left unsaid.”
Villena mentioned that at the start of filming he didn’t know about the photos, but De la Hoya insisted that the truth about the incident be told. He asked HBO to track down Milana Dravnel, the photographer who took the controversial pics of De la Hoya, in Guatemala to get the complete story.
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