First, there was the 1997 Gregory Nava biopic starring Jennifer Lopez. Then, there was the scripted Netflix series that came out in 2020. Now, the late Queen of Tejano music, Selena Quintanilla Perez, is having her story told directly by her family and bandmates.
In many ways, we have her sister Suzette Quintanilla to thank for “Selena y Los Dinos,” the Netflix documentary debuting Monday.
“I was the annoying one with the camera, like, back in the day,” Quintanilla told CNN in a recent interview. “I have so much footage of all the guys giving me that look like, ‘Ugh, not again.’”
In the ‘80s and ‘90s, Quintanilla, now the CEO of her family’s entertainment company Q Productions, was the drummer in her family’s up-and-coming band, which serves as the inspiration for the documentary’s title. She had a camera and a desire to document her family and bandmates’ silly moments on the road.
“(I) wasn’t even thinking about creatin
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