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Netflix Acquires Award-Winning Selena Quintanilla Documentary Feature “Selena y Los Dinos”

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A special look at Selena Quintanilla’s breakthrough story is headed to Netflix…

The streamer has acquired the rights to the documentary feature Selena y Los Dinos, directed by Isabel Castro.

Selena QuintanillaThe film will be released globally on Netflix later this winter.

The project follows Quintanilla — the “Queen of Tejano Music” — and her family band, Selena y Los Dinos, which rose from performing at quinceañeras to selling out stadium tours.

The celebration of her life and legacy is chronicled through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.

The film premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Archival Storytelling. The accolade was followed by Audience Awards at both SXSW and Miami Film Festivals.

“We are so excited to finally share that our documentary Selena y Los Dinos is coming to Netflix! Grateful to have a platform that helps bring Selena’s story to fans around the world,” shared Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette Quintanilla, who also executive produced the documentary, in a statement to Deadline.

Added director Castro, “It is an absolute honor to partner with Netflix, who will bring Selena y Los Dinos to a worldwide audience. Selena’s legacy is so meaningful and continues to inspire millions. As a filmmaker, I wanted to honor her extraordinary rise and enduring legacy, while also giving a window into her life behind the stage. Through personal archive and intimate interviews with her family, the film reveals new dimensions of her journey that have never been seen before. I am deeply grateful to her family for their trust and support throughout this journey, and I can’t wait for a global audience to experience the magic, heart, and community that Selena gave to all of us.”

At 23 years old, Selena’s life was cut short in 1995, and her death deeply shook the Latino community. Her musical legacy remains extremely popular today.

In addition to Suzette, their brother AB Quintanilla III, and Michele Anthony, executive produced Selena y Los Dinos.

Polygram Entertainment, Amsi Entertainment and Motto Pictures produced the title.

Netflix to Release “I am Vanessa Guillen” Documentary in November

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The late Vanessa Guillen’s story is headed to Netflix…

The tragic death — and subsequent sweeping justice movement — of the Mexican American U.S. Army soldier is at the center of a new documentary coming to Netflix later this fall.

I Am Vanessa GuillenHailing from director Christy Wegener, I am Vanessa Guillen will tell Guillen’s tragic but galvanizing tale, about a young woman who dreamed of a military career.

In 2020, however, after telling her mother she was being sexually harassed on the Fort Hood army base, Guillen was murdered by a fellow soldier.

Her story sparked an international movement of assault victims demanding action. The project follows her family’s fight for historic reform, a journey that takes them to the Oval Office.

“At the core, this is a story about overcoming the greatest odds imaginable in the name of family, love and justice. This is David vs. Goliath on steroids,” Wegener said. “Taking on the U.S. military, one of the largest, most powerful institutions in America is no easy feat. In making the film, it was incredible to witness a family, in the most tragic moment of their lives, put their grief aside, step out into the public arena and fight for the greater good.”

The film will hit Netflix on November 17. Wegener, Isabel Castro, Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda are producing, with Andrea Berman serving as co-executive producer.

The doc is a Story Syndicate production, with Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin and Nell Constantinople all serving as executive producers for the banner.

Guillen would have celebrated her 23rd birthday on Friday. She has been memorialized in several murals in her native Texas, and has tributes on Fort Hood.