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Selena y Los Dinos’ Debuts on Netflix With Intimate Family Archives

The film draws on the Quintanilla family's private archive to foreground Selena's artistry over her murder.

Overview

  • Director Isabel Castro built the documentary from never-before-seen home videos and photos, much of it captured by sister Suzette Quintanilla.
  • New on-camera interviews feature parents Marcella and Abraham, siblings Suzette and AB, husband Chris Perez, and bandmates Pete Astudillo and Ricky Vela.
  • Marcella Quintanilla speaks publicly about her daughter's life for the first time in decades, sharing personal memories and family materials.
  • The narrative explicitly avoids centering the 1995 killing and does not include Yolanda Saldívar, focusing instead on Selena's life, work, and bicultural identity.
  • After winning Sundance’s Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling and audience prizes at SXSW and Miami, the film arrives today in a global Netflix premiere.