Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
2021
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Synopsis
Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award. Over a seventy year career, she has paved the way for Hispanic-American performers by refusing to be pigeonholed into one-dimensional stereotypes.
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It (2021) is a 1h 30min documentary feature film by Mariem Pérez Riera. Rita Moreno defied both her humble upbringing and relentless racism to become one of a select group who have won an E... Selected for Bolton International Film Festival (2021).
Key facts
Cast
Rita Moreno, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Morgan Freeman, Whoopi Goldberg, Eva Longoria, Justina Machado, Gloria Estefan, Norman Lear
Original language
English
First release
January 29, 2021 (United States)
Production companies
American Masters, Act III Communications, Artemis Rising Foundation
Crew
Producer
Brent Miller, Ilia J. Vélez-Dávila, Mariem Pérez Riera
Cinematography
PJ López
Editing
Kevin Klauber, Mariem Pérez Riera
Music
Kathryn Bostic
Trailer
Stills
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Festival History
Releases & classifications
| Streaming | United States | January 29, 2021 |
| Theatrical | United States | June 18, 2021 |
| Streaming | United Kingdom | December 6, 2021 |
| Streaming | Russia | January 3, 2022 |
| Streaming | Japan | November 18, 2023 |
| Classification | United Kingdom | 12 |
| Classification | United States | PG-13 |
Full credits
| Director | Mariem Pérez Riera |
| Cast | Rita Moreno (Self), Lin-Manuel Miranda (Self), Morgan Freeman (Self), Whoopi Goldberg (Self), Eva Longoria (Self), Justina Machado (Self), Gloria Estefan (Self), Norman Lear (Self), Karen Olivo (Self), George Chakiris (Self), Marlon Brando (Self (archive footage)), Gina Rodriguez (Self), Tony Taccone (Self), Mitzi Gaynor (Self), Annette Insdorf (Self), Fernanda Gordon (Self (as Fernanda Gordon Fisher)), Jackie Speier (Self), Frances Negrón Muntaner (Self), Julia Foulkes (Self), John Ferguson (Self), Terrence McNally (Self), Tom Fontana (Self), Rock Hudson (Self (archive footage)), Jimmy Kimmel (Self (archive footage)), Joan Rivers (Self (archive footage)), Steven Spielberg (Self), Barack Obama (Self (archive footage)), Todd Grinnell (Self), America Ferrera (Self (archive footage)) |
| Producer | Brent Miller, Ilia J. Vélez-Dávila, Mariem Pérez Riera |
| Executive producer | Lin-Manuel Miranda, Lyn Davis Lear, Michael Kantor, Norman Lear, Regina K. Scully |
| Cinematography | PJ López |
| Editing | Kevin Klauber, Mariem Pérez Riera |
| Music | Kathryn Bostic |
Identifiers & sources
| Wikidata | Q104881084 |
| IMDb | tt10741846 |
| TMDB | 776526 |
Additional data: TMDB.
