EXCLUSIVE: Netflix is engaged on a $6M to $7M deal to accumulate Selena Y Los Dinos, the Isabel Castro-directed documentary in regards to the slain queen of Tejano Music. Other bidders are within the combine as Cinetic auctions a movie that grew to become so standard that when Sundance put it on its portal for business to observe, the movie needed to be taken down so rapidly grew to become fervent followers had been getting maintain of clips and posting them.
Deal’s not achieved, however this places a distinct face on the not too long ago accomplished Sundance fest, as a result of that could be a excessive quantity for a documentary. Stay tuned. The movie is produced by Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, J. Daniel Torres, David Blackman, and Simran Singh.
The docu covers a take 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 is a celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled by never- before-seen footage from the household’s private archive. Her life was minimize 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 taking pictures Selena after the household fired her and severed ties to the singer. Her loss of life deeply shook the Latina neighborhood, and Selena stays standard. A powerful documentary — this one competed within the U.S. Docu Competition — is an attractive tribute to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of her loss of life.