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In 1961, a young Abraham Quintanilla and his band “The Dinos” are rejected by a white restaurant owner for an audition due to their “Whites Only” policy. They then perform to a Mexican audience at a nightclub called “Lerma’s”, but a riot ensues when they sing “We Belong Together” and the band is forced to flee. In 1981, Abraham is married to Marcela Samora and now has three kids. When his daughter Selena (Rebecca Lee Meza) sings with him while playing the guitar one day, he is amazed by her singing voice and decides to manage a band called “Selena y los Dinos” with Selena as the lead singer, and his son AB (Rafael Tamayo, Jacob Vargas) on bass, and his other daughter Suzette (Victoria Elena Flores, Jackie Guerra) on drums. He soon opens a restaurant for people to eat at and there Selena sings in front of the customers, and is warmly received. Unfortunately, the Quintanilla family goes bankrupt and lose the restaurant. They move to Corpus Christi, Texas to live with Abraham’s brother. There, Selena performs at a carnival and is poorly received, but one day, while the family is on the beach Marcela hears a song on the radio and teaches Selena about a rhythm called Cumbia , which helps her and her band becomes more popular. In 1990, Selena (now played by Jennifer Lopez) meets a guitarist named Chris Perez, who after joining the band, develops a friendship with Selena. Abraham does not approve of Chris after his former rock band members trash a hotel suite even though he …
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