POV · SEASON 12
Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena
Episode 7 · 1999-07-13
- Documentary
Episode overview
Corpus: A Home Movie about Selena is a film by filmmaker, Lourdes Portillo about Mexican American singer-songwriter Selena Quintanilla-Pérez. It places emphasis on the transformation of Selena from a popular entertainer into a modern-day saint and role model. This documentary uses authentic home videos, news stories, footage from concerts and a debate between intellectuals to analyze the effect of Selena and Selena’s murder at the hands of Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan club.
60 minutes
Season 12 episodes
1. The Legacy1999-06-01
2. Well-Founded Fear1999-06-05
3. Golden Threads1999-06-08
4. In My Corner1999-06-22
5. The Green Monster1999-06-29
6. Rabbit In The Moon1999-07-06
7. Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena1999-07-13
8. School Prayer: A Community At War1999-07-20
9. The Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez1999-07-27
10. Regret to Inform2000-01-24
