'Selena' is a film based upon the life and tragic death of the singer the Mexican-American Selena Quintanilla-Perez. The young singer was a musical trio 'Selena Y Los Dinos' with her two older siblings and managed by their father. The children were made to practice singing, dancing and performing from a young age as their father soon realised their potential and push them to achieve what they really wanted. As the children became of age they started to tour as a family around Mexico where they quickly became popular with the locals of each town. The group eventually made it on the radio and released many albums with Selena's older brother Abie composing and producing many of the songs whilst Suzette continued to play the drums and Selena sing. The musical trio's group was almost disbanded when Selena went against her father's strict wishes and married the lead guitar player of the group Kris Perez. The family were soon reunited with Kris being welcomed into the family by the man that had initially said he did not want him in the group. Selena Y Los Dinos were doing so well that they opened up a boutique and were selling memobrillia to her fans. Having appointed Yolanda Saldivar to take care of the finances for both the family thought they were going to able solely focus on the trio's career but they were soon to find out that Yolanda was robbing them. When confronted by Selena, Suzette and Abraham(Selena's father) she proclaimed that she had not stolen the missing documents and money but would infact find them. As Selena solely meets to collect the documents from Yolanda she turns a gun on her and shots her. Fatally wounding and murdering the young promising singer. Selena
"I've been thinking about the crossover tour a lot. I've even had dreams about it. It's just this whole different world for us, you know? We've been working for this ever since we were kids. I guess I'm a little scared... "
'Selena' is a film based upon the life and tragic death of the singer the Mexican-American Selena Quintanilla-Perez. The young singer was a musical trio 'Selena Y Los Dinos' with her two older siblings and managed by their father. The children were made to practice singing, dancing and performing from a young age as their father soon realised their potential and push them to achieve what they really wanted. As the children became of age they started to tour as a family around Mexico where they quickly became popular with the locals of each town. The group eventually made it on the radio and released many albums with Selena's older brother Abie composing and producing many of the songs whilst Suzette continued to play the drums and Selena sing. The musical trio's group was almost disbanded when Selena went against her father's strict wishes and married the lead guitar player of the group Kris Perez. The family were soon reunited with Kris being welcomed into the family by the man that had initially said he did not want him in the group. Selena Y Los Dinos were doing so well that they opened up a boutique and were selling memobrillia to her fans. Having appointed Yolanda Saldivar to take care of the finances for both the family thought they were going to able solely focus on the trio's career but they were soon to find out that Yolanda was robbing them. When confronted by Selena, Suzette and Abraham(Selena's father) she proclaimed that she had not stolen the missing documents and money but would infact find them. As Selena solely meets to collect the documents from Yolanda she turns a gun on her and shots her. Fatally wounding and murdering the young promising singer.
'Selena' is a film based upon the life and tragic death of the singer the Mexican-American Selena Quintanilla-Perez. The young singer was a musical trio 'Selena Y Los Dinos' with her two older siblings and managed by their father. The children were made to practice singing, dancing and performing from a young age as their father soon realised their potential and push them to achieve what they really wanted. As the children became of age they started to tour as a family around Mexico where they quickly became popular with the locals of each town. The group eventually made it on the radio and released many albums with Selena's older brother Abie composing and producing many of the songs whilst Suzette continued to play the drums and Selena sing. The musical trio's group was almost disbanded when Selena went against her father's strict wishes and married the lead guitar player of the group Kris Perez. The family were soon reunited with Kris being welcomed into the family by the man that had initially said he did not want him in the group. Selena Y Los Dinos were doing so well that they opened up a boutique and were selling memobrillia to her fans. Having appointed Yolanda Saldivar to take care of the finances for both the family thought they were going to able solely focus on the trio's career but they were soon to find out that Yolanda was robbing them. When confronted by Selena, Suzette and Abraham(Selena's father) she proclaimed that she had not stolen the missing documents and money but would infact find them. As Selena solely meets to collect the documents from Yolanda she turns a gun on her and shots her. Fatally wounding and murdering the young promising singer. 
Save The Last Dance
"We spend more time defending our relationship than actually having one."
'Save the Last Dance' is a film depicting the life of Sara Johnson. From a young age Sara has been interested in ballet, with the help of her mother she was able to follow this dream however when a fatal accident occurs killing her mother and leaving Sara alone, she turns her back on her love of dancing. Believing that her dream/ambition to be a professional dancer killed her mother as she was rushing to be at her daughter's side during her audition. that Her whole world is flipped upside down as she has to leave her home and the friends she knows to live with her father in the suburbs. Initially Sara finds it a struggle to fit in due to being the minority in a predominantly black school but as she makes friends and realises who she should keep at arms length she starts to become herself again and embraces the fact that their is not just love between a white girl and a white boy but there can also be interracial love. 
As she falls for Derek who was once the bad boy image but cleaned up his act and now is going to doctor school to become a paediatrician and wants her to be true to herself and audition for Juilliard. As well as that her mother dying should not have perturbed her from her dream but instead encouraged her to pursue it and grab it with both hands to show that her mother had not died in vain. The film presents the audience with generic miscegenation and the harsh realties of how one persons happiness can cause another person to be envious and try to prevent it from lasting. As Sarah's word starts to fall apart because of her letting others interfere with it, it seems her dancing career is hanging in the balance yet again but just as she is ready to give up she is given a few surprises which boost her confidence and encourages her to dance the best she ever has and get a place at Juilliard. The film was an small influence due to the reactions Sara and Derek received for being a couple. It shows that even though people are no longer killed for being a multiracial relationship it is still frowned upon and people are not necessarily ready to accept it.