EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is engaged on a $6M to $7M deal to accumulate Selena Y Los Dinos, the Isabel Castro-directed documentary concerning the slain queen of Tejano Music. Different bidders are within the combine as Cinetic auctions a movie that grew to become so fashionable that when Sundance put it on its portal for business to observe, the movie needed to be taken down so shortly grew to become fervent followers had been getting maintain of clips and posting them.
Deal’s not finished, however this places a special face on the just lately accomplished Sundance fest, as a result of that may be a excessive quantity for a documentary. Keep tuned. The movie is produced by Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, and Simran Singh.
The docu covers a have a look at how Selena Quintanilla and her household band, Selena y Los Dinos, rose from acting at quinceañeras to promoting out stadium excursions. It’s a celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled by way of never- before-seen footage from the household’s private archive. Her life was lower brief when at 23, Selena was murdered in 1995. Yolanda Saldivar, who was president of the singer’s fan membership, and who was found to be embezzling funds from Selena, was convicted of shopping for a gun and fatally capturing Selena after the household fired her and severed ties to the singer. Her demise deeply shook the Latina group, and Selena stays fashionable. A powerful documentary — this one competed within the U.S. Docu Competitors — is an attractive tribute to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of her demise.
