Netflix just released Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy, and fans everywhere are already calling it the definitive documentary on the life, brilliance, and heartbreaking death of Selena Quintanilla. Read more about the documentary inside.

The new film gives viewers an intimate look at the woman who became the Queen of Tejano Music and a global cultural icon. According to Tudum, the documentary uses never-before-seen home videos and personal archives from the Quintanilla family to tell Selena’s story in a way audiences have never experienced before.

Directed by Isabel Castro, the film traces Selena’s journey from performing at her family’s Tex-Mex restaurant to dominating Tejano charts and selling out stadiums across the world. Castro says her goal was to honor Selena’s artistic rise while showing the personal moments behind the fame. Through interviews with her parents, siblings Suzette and A.B., husband Chris Pérez, and original band members, the documentary paints a full picture of the superstar as a sister, daughter, wife, and cultural force.

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