"Corpus Christi hasn't changed much since Selena Quintanilla sang Como la Flor at rodeos and fairs in South Texas. The Gulf wind still carries the scent of gasoline and cotton, and her smile remains unchanged on the statue on the waterfront, as if tragedy hadn't touched her. Now, three decades after her murder at the age of 23, a new documentary reopens the Quintanilla family archives."
"It was Suzette Quintanilla, Selena's older sister and drummer for the band Los Dinos, who first reached out to her. We had great chemistry from the start. Shortly after, the entire team traveled to Corpus Christi, and upon arrival, she opened her family archive. It was a closet full of VHS tapes, DVDs, home recordings At that moment, I understood there was an opportunity to do something different, something authentic. That closet became the basis for the documentary."
"When Selena's family decided they were finally ready to make a documentary, they were already familiar with my work. Mija touched on many of the issues they wanted to explore: identity, music, Mexican heritage. And that's how we met, Castro recalls about the genesis for this new documentary, Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy, which will premiere on Netflix on November 17."
Isabel Castro directed a new documentary that premieres on Netflix on November 17 and draws from the Quintanilla family's private archive. Corpus Christi retains tangible traces of Selena's presence, including a waterfront statue and memories of performances like Como la Flor at local rodeos and fairs. Suzette Quintanilla invited Castro after seeing her work on Mija, which connected on themes of identity, music, and Mexican heritage. The family archive—a closet of VHS tapes, DVDs and home recordings—was cataloged and digitized over more than two years. The process was lengthy and intimate, and trust developed between the filmmaker and the family.
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