Selena Documentary Reveals the Daughter, Sister and Wife Behind the Queen of Tex-Mex
Latino USA
My Cultura, Futuro and iHeartPodcasts
4.8 • 3.8K Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Latino USA’s “Selena expert” Maria Garcia sits down with Selena Quintanilla’s sister, Suzette and filmmaker Isabel Castro, to talk about the new Netflix documentary, Selena y Los Dinos: A Family’s Legacy. Suzette opens up about choosing to share the intimate home videos that shaped the film, while Isabel reflects on her artistic vision that brought the documentary to life. Listen in on this behind the scenes look at the life of a woman who defined a generation.
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| 0:00.0 | You know reggaeton, but do you know the whole story? |
| 0:10.9 | Hi, I'm Jeannie Montalbo, senior producer and sound designer of Loud, the history of reggaeton. |
| 0:16.6 | Did you hear the news? |
| 0:18.4 | Loud is back by popular demand. |
| 0:21.2 | Listen to all 10 episodes that break down the beats, politics, and power behind the genre. |
| 0:26.3 | Hosted by La Caballiota herself, Evie Queen. |
| 0:29.7 | Listen now only on Spotify. |
| 0:31.5 | Future. |
| 0:49.9 | Thank you. From Futuro From Futuro It's Latino USA. I'm Maria Inoposa. |
| 0:51.6 | Today on our show, we're |
| 0:52.9 | very excited to talk about La Reina, Selina Quintanilla. |
| 0:59.6 | We're bringing you an interview with Selena's sister, Suzette, plus Isabel Castro, who is the director of the new Netflix documentary, Celina and Los Dinos. |
| 1:12.4 | And so we thought, well, who better to interview these women about Selena |
| 1:15.9 | than none other that our very own in-house Selena expert, |
| 1:20.9 | our Futuro Studios executive editor, Maria Garcia. |
| 1:25.4 | Maria Garcia spent years reporting and researching Selena for her award-winning |
| 1:30.5 | podcast, Anything for Selena, which is one of our favorite series that we've made here at Futuro. |
| 1:37.7 | In the series, Maria examined Selena's life and her legacy and how Selena shaped Maria's |
| 1:43.6 | own sense of belonging in the United States. |
| 1:47.4 | And so today, Maria sits down with Suzette Quintanilla and filmmaker Isabel Castro to talk about |
| 1:53.2 | love, legacy, and all about the home videos that shaped the new Netflix documentary, Selina |
| 2:00.1 | and Los Dinos, a family's legacy. |
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