The film “Selena“From 1997, written and directed by Gregory Nava, about the popular queen singer of tex-mex Selena Quintanilla, May be part of the U.S. National Film Registry through an order made by Latin congressmen seeking to increase Hispanic presence in that body of the Library of Congress.
The mythical film, which is already a cone of Latin American culture, counts at the time of its filming with the performance of an incipient Jennifer Lopez, Which surprised with her portrayal of Selena.
Joaqun Castro, president of the Hispanic Caucus in Congress (CHC), asked by letter to Congresswoman Carla Hayden to add the film that narrates part of the life of Selena ; and is starring Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos to ensure that the “experiences of Latin Americans are well represented.”
The congressman for Texas indicated that the inclusion in 2021 of “Selena“It will alleviate in part the” continued exclusion of Latinos by the film industry “, which for years has been declared an injustice if we take into account the percentage of Latin population in the northern step.
“The film has become a beloved cone of Latin culture and has been very successful in the general market, proving once and for all that Latin stories are American stories,” Castro said.