About this episode

Isabel Castro discusses her documentary on Selena Quintanilla and the complexities of storytelling in music documentaries.

Director Isabel Castro’s latest Netflix documentary “Selena y Los Dinos”, featuring never-before-seen footage and intimate interviews, celebrates the life and legacy of iconic Mexican American singer Selena Quintanilla and her family band. Selena talks to Tiller about falling in love with the genre of music documentaries (2:00), how she relates to Selena’s story (8:00), Selena’s legacy (19:00), how she approaches journalistic integrity as a documentarian (28:00), and what she’s learned about fact vs an artist’s truth (33:00). Produced by: Jacob Miller Executive Producer: Tiller Russell Music by: James Carroll, Graham Tracey & Zydepunk Distributed by: Jake Brennan & Brady Sadler, Double Elvis Productions

People in this episode

Host: Tiller Russell

Guest: Isabel Castro

Topics covered

• documentary
• music
• Selena Quintanilla
• journalism
• legacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Netflix, Double Elvis Productions

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