For the unfamiliar, Davidson was seven years old when his father Scott Davidson, a New York City firefighter, died in service during the September 11 terrorist attacks. To suffer such a devastating

For the unfamiliar, Davidson was seven years old when his father Scott Davidson, a New York City firefighter, died in service during the September 11 terrorist attacks. To suffer such a devastating loss at such a young age was, as he told The New York Times in 2015, "overwhelming." He began acting out in school, at one point ripping out his hair to the point of baldness, and struggled with suicidal thoughts.

"And it was really so hard for him to recover and I would even say it's just been recently that he's finding his way and being okay," Amy Davidson, the comedian's beloved mother, says in the featurette.

Since his first stand-up performance at 16 in a Staten Island bowling alley, Davidson's career has been steady upward trajectory, with appearances on Guy Code, Wild 'N Out, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. A cameo in Apatow's Trainwreck, which co-starred SNL's Bill Hader, helped him land the audition for the long-running NBC late-night comedy series. He was only 20 when he made his first appearance on the show.

Along the way, Davidson has been disarmingly honest about his struggles, sharing his diagnoses with both Chron's disease and borderline personality disorder. But it's only with this latest film that he's dared to expose himself so fully.