Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was killed 30 years ago in the afternoon of March 31, 1995 in Corpus Christi, Texas, by Yolanda Saldívar.
While she has left for three decades, the memory and heritage of Selena live. The singer has been represented and recalled several times on large, small and portable screens, and it can be difficult to keep track of all the media. We have compiled a sample of films and programs that explore the life, death and heritage of the Texas icon.
“Selena” (1997)
This biopic led by Jennifer Lopez, released only two years after the death of the artist of “Como la Flor”, is perhaps the most sustainable of all the many media centered on Selena. The impact of the film was so deep that in 2021, it was selected by the Congress Library for preserving in the National Film Register of the United States due to its cultural importance.
Directed by the nominated filmmaker with Oscars Gregory NavaThe film recounts the rise of Selena's fame of her early childhood in her young adulthood and culminates in her premature death. Directed by a performance that changes the career by Lopez in the role of Selena and a stage thief Edward James Olmos as a demanding father of Selena, Abraham Quintanilla, the film was developed with the approval of the Quintanilla family, who wanted to dispel the rumors that were distributed over the singer and tell what they thought to be the real story of Selena.
The film critic of Times Kenneth Turan gave the film a mixed review at the time of his release.
“In the tradition of” Lady sings the blues “,” the rose “, which is love with that” and other jaw tales of singers and their misfortunes, “ selena “is partly a completely predictable Latin-American soap-opera which should satisfy those who complain of making films as they wanted,” he wrote.
“Although Lopez lips synchronize with the voice of Selena, she uses her history as a dancer (she was a fly flies on living color '') to project an irresistible joy in the performance that makes justice to the attraction of Selena and helps burn the saccharine fog of the film,” Turan wrote to rent the film. “Selena” fully uses Lopez's charisma in her opening scene, a recreation of the singer's triumphant appearance before the biggest astrodome crowd of all time before his death. From Chaos behind the scenes through the solo promenade of Selena through a ravine curtain of her worshiper fans, it's just the first chain of the movie from the film Hollywood Moments.
“Selena” is available for rent on Amazon Prime video And Apple TV.
'Selena: The Series' (2020/2021)
Like the 1997 film, “Selena: The Series” was developed and authorized by the Quintanilla family. The show also follows the astronomical rise of the Tejano music star and the steep end of his life.
The actor of “The Walking Dead”, Christian Serratos, assumes the intimidating role of Selena in the series – a role which she felt personally connected and had a great reverence.
“We both grew up American Mexican and fought with things like language and wanting to feel inclusive,” Serratos said to The Times In 2020. “And she had tried to separate from her industry for so long, and often it was not easy for her because she was a young girl, she was a Latina … And all the things that made her a legend and made her a star when she was a child. I felt her so desperately trying to convince this.”
“Selena: The Series” is available to broadcast Netflix.
“Selena and Yolanda: the secrets between them” (2024)
This two -part documentation claims to provide a new perspective on the death of Selena directly from her killer, Yolanda Saldívar. The project is protoypic for most of the real crime documentaries that fulfill streaming services.
The series – made without the involvement of the Quintanilla family – focuses more on the side of Saldívar in history and the allegations it has also against Selena.
“After so many years, I think it's time to set the record straight,” said Saldívar in a show trailerExplaining since the Mountain View prison in Gatesville, Texas, where she has been since 1995 has been expressed since 1995.
The clip points to Quintanilla “secrets”, and on the basis of the tone, it is strongly implicit that these secrets are dark in nature. “This is not a simple case of murder,” said a member of the Saldívar family.
The series was critical to apparently not reveal anything again on the dynamics between Selena and Saldívar and for operator Selena's memory.
“Selena and Yolanda: the secrets between them” is available to broadcast on Peacock.
“Don Juan Demarco” (1995)
This '90s film With Johnny Depp, Marlon Brando and Faye Dunaway tell the story of a young man (Depp) who believes that he is the mythical junner Don Juan and his mental health alongside his psychiatrist (Brando).
So how are you This About Selena? Well, this is not the case. But the film includes the first and the only theater credit in Selena. She died a week before the first in the film on April 7, 1995.
The film was especially well received in its time and obtained an Oscar nomination for the original song for Bryan Adams “Have you ever really liked a woman?” of the soundtrack of the film. Selena interpreted a version of the song alongside a Mariachi group as part of her camée in the film.
“Don Juan Demarco” is available for rent on Amazon Prime video,, Apple TV And YouTube.
'E! True Hollywood Story: Death of Innocence '(2021)
This episode of the documentary series examines celebrities whose life has been interrupted due to the violence of fans like Selena, the singer Christina Grimmie and actor Rebecca Schaeffer.
The program includes interviews with some of the former music partners in Selena, its costume / fashion designer and her husband Chris Pérez.
The relationship between Selena and Yolanda Saldívar plays a decisive role in the episode, which is filled with an in -depth analysis of the Psychological State of Saldívar.
“E! True Hollywood Story: Death of Innocence ”is available to broadcast on the E! website.
“Corpus: a home film on Selena” (1999)
This documentary film by the director nominated at the Oscars Lourdes Portillo Use news covers, interviews, home videos and concert images to discuss Selena's inheritance in the years since her death.
Thanks to interviews with fans, the film captures the holy devotion that people had at the singer of “the carcacha”, not only because of her musical capacities, but because of what she seemed to represent morally and in her physical appearance as a model for the acceptance of non -white bodies.
The film is also committed to a learned debate on the question of whether the sustainable heritage of Selena has had a more positive or negative impact.
Author Sandra Cisneros is a notable criticism of Selena in the film.
“There are things she represents that I think I am very dangerous,” said Cisneros. “She tells young people to go up there and to be a 12-year-old sexy child with your little bustier. I'm sorry, this is not a model I would like for a young woman or for anyone related to me, or to a child, if I had one.
“And the fact that the only outlet you have is to be these sexual songs that sing that are not even so wonderful, but it is the only point of sale we have here and that you have to die before you are 25 years old – that makes you succeed. This is how you get on the coverage of Texas monthly, you are blossomed, raped or pulled.”
The documentary version was Contested by the Quintanillas As they felt several comments – some of which proved to be false – in the film directed by some of the academics interviewed were offline.
Portillo's film was nicknamed “An Ugly Film” by Abraham Quintanilla.
“Corpus: a home movie on Selena” is available to broadcast Kanopia (Free with a library card).
“Selena Rememberred” (1997)
Railed by Edward James Olmos and produced by the Emi Latin label, this documentary follows the trajectory of Selena's life, as is the 1997 biopic. The one hour functionality includes interviews with all the members of the immediate family of Selena as well as his group comrades, his collaborators and his music leaders who helped to cultivate and raise the sound of Selena.
Musical performances and rare behind -the -scenes images that show a more fanciful side of the singer are also presented in the documentary.
The film serves as an ideal company for the scripted film of 1997.
“Selena Rememberred” is available to broadcast on YouTube.
'The Last Concert' (2017)
The Houston Astrodome. Arrival by carriage. The purple combination. The fringe. Disco Medley.
This film is a simple recording of the last Selena concert at Astrodome on February 26, 1995, only one month before his death. The images displaying the singer's undeniable talent show more clearly why his heritage continues that any other film from this list.
Selena singing “I will survive” 67,000 people not only holds as a hymn of female empowerment, but also a prefiguration of the sustainable memory of the singer in public conscience all these years later.
“The Last Concert” is available to broadcast Music apple and rent on Amazon Prime video.
