20 Years Ago, Biopic Helped Give Pop Star Selena Life Beyond Her Tragic Death
In the 1990s, Tejano music singer Selena Quintanilla Perez made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie Selena debuted two years after her murder.
by Nicole Cohen
Mar 21, 2017
2 minutes
The biopic Selena tells the story of Mexican-American pop star Selena Quintanilla Perez, a Tejano music singer who made a rare crossover to mainstream American audiences. The movie debuted 20 years ago Tuesday, two years after the singer was killed by the former president of her.
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