It was an up-and-down day on Friday for the filmmaking crew behind the documentary “Selena y Los Dinos,” which tells the story of Tejano music legend Selena Quintanilla and her household band.
The movie, directed by Isabel Castro, received a particular jury prize from the Sundance Movie Pageant for archival storytelling. The jury word recommended how the movie “transported us to a specific time and place, evoking themes of family, heritage, love and adolescence.”
Suzette Quintanilla, left, Isabel Castro and Chris Perez of “Selena y Los Dinos” on the Los Angeles Occasions 2025 Sundance studio.
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Within the 5 years that Sundance has had a web-based platform, that is the primary time a movie has been eliminated throughout the competition.