Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It(2021)
Overview
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.
Director
Mariem Pérez RieraProducers
Trailer
Cast
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
Héctor Elizondo
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
Crew
Michael Kantor, Lyn Davis Lear, Norman Lear, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Regina K. Scully
Box Office
$250K
Details
Original Language
en
Country
United States of America
Production
Act III Productions, Maramara Films, Artemis Rising, American Masters Pictures
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