<\/p>\n
\n\tSelena Y Los Dinos<\/em> is Netflix\u2019s upcoming documentary on the legacy of the Tejano star, but it\u2019s also the band \u2014 fronted by the icon Selena <\/a>\u2014 that revolutionized Latin music and one of the first global acts. At Latin Music Week<\/a> 2025, fans and conference attendees not only got to see exclusive clips from the film, slated to premiere Nov. 17, but heard directly from Suzette Quintanilla and the documentary\u2019s director Isabel Castro.<\/p>\n \n\tModerated by Billboard<\/em>\u2018s Jessica Roiz, the Selena Y Los Dinos<\/em> panel on Wednesday (Oct. 22) broke down the significance of this new documentary, the band\u2019s legacy and the family values that fueled the global act.<\/p>\n \n\tThe new Netflix documentary first premiered in the Sundance Film Festival, capturing Selena Y Los Dinos\u2019 rise to stardom. Throughout Selena\u2019s music career, seven of her studio albums hit No. 1 on Top Latin Albums, including\u00a0Amor Prohibido\u00a0<\/em>(1994), which reigned for 20 weeks, and\u00a0Dreaming of You<\/em>\u00a0(released posthumously in 1995), which topped the chart for 44 weeks. The latter set also made history as the first bilingual album to debut at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200<\/a>. In 1993, Selena won a Grammy for the best Mexican American album for\u00a0Selena Live!,\u00a0<\/em>becoming the first female Tejano artist to win that award.<\/p>\n \n\tBelow, five takeaways from the Selena Y Los Dinos panel at Latin Music Week: <\/p>\n \n\tSuzette Quintanilla: <\/strong>\u201cFour or five years ago, I wanted to create this documentary to tell our family story, directly from our family to the world, and find somebody that could do this. I did a Zoom with Isabel and I instantly knew she was going to be the person to be able to tell the story for us. She\u2019s an amazing person, she\u2019s Latina and I\u2019m glad she\u2019s leading this for us.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tIsabel Castro:<\/strong> \u201cI\u2019m Mexican, I came to the U.S. and to me, Selena was really the person that taught me to be proud about having a bicultural community. I found solace in her and the family\u2019s music. It made me understand myself. When they reached out I was like, \u2018Everyone stop everything, hold the phones.\u2019 It was obvious this was important to me. It\u2019s been an honor of a lifetime.\u201d <\/p>\n Have you played Billboard\u2019s Latin Music Week Crossword? \n\tCastro: <\/strong>\u201cThe family has a vault and when I opened that door and the light came through. It\u2019s like a medium-sized storage unit, packed from floor to ceiling of bookcases with thousands of VHS tapes, flash drives. The beginning of that process was interesting because we were so honored but it felt like a huge sense of responsibility. We reviewed it all and once we digitized it, then came the editing process and it was important that the archive told the story. All of the footage is valuable, but the material that moved me the most was the material that was shot behind the scenes that was mostly shot by Suzette. What\u2019s in the film is as much as we could include.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tCastro: <\/strong>\u201cWe had conversations about this, both I and Suzette, and the family wanted this to feel like the most authentic version of [the family\u2019s] story and wanted it to be told by the them. We also wanted it to be told through the archive.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tQuintanilla: <\/strong>\u201cThe [1997] movie was sprinkled with Hollywood glitter, but this documentary is the opposite of that. This is our family, Chris, my mom, my father, A.B., myself, bandmates, telling the world our story: We started from that and created this. A lot of people want to separate Selena from our band, but other elements that made her were our band and family.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tQuintanilla:<\/strong> \u201cI want them to feel the energy and what we were all about. People have a perception, and they\u2019re entitled to their opinion, and how my father was. We are a normal family that started a band and became global. Selena is not here, but we are celebrating what we did and created so many years ago. And this documentary reflects the power of who we are as Latinos, this is a global launch in 190 countries and 32 plus languages. I\u2019m very proud of that.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSpanning more than 30 years, Latin Music Week is the single-most important and largest gathering of Latin artists and industry executives in the world. This year\u2019s event once again hosts panels, marquee conversations, roundtables, networking and activations, in addition to its celebrated Billboard En Vivo showcases.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tThis year\u2019s star-studded lineup includes Aitana, Alofoke, Anuel AA, Bebeshito, Carlos Vives, Car\u00edn Le\u00f3n, Danny Ocean, DJ Khaled, Daddy Yankee (DY), Emilia Mernes, Ivy Queen, Gloria Estefan, Grupo 5, Kapo, Laura Pausini, Luck Ra, Net\u00f3n Vega, Olga Ta\u00f1\u00f3n, \u00d3scar Maydon, Ozuna, Pablo Albor\u00e1n, Rawayana, Suzette Quintanilla, Tokischa, Xavi and Yailin La M\u00e1s Viral, to name a few.<\/p>\n \n\tLatin Music Week also coincides with the 2025 Billboard Latin Music Awards, set to air Thursday, Oct. 23, on Telemundo and Peacock, where Bad Bunny will be honored as\u00a0Top Latin Artist<\/a>\u00a0of the 21st Century.<\/p>\n\n\t\tApproaching Isabel Castro for the Project\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tWhy Castro Said Yes to Directing\t<\/h2>\n
\n
Play now!<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\tThe Process\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tHow This Will Be Different From Other Selena Films\t<\/h2>\n
\n\t\tWhat Fans Will Take Away From Selena Y Los Dinos<\/em>\t<\/h2>\n