Rita Moreno made history at the 1962 Academy Awards, becoming the first Latina to win an Oscar for her groundbreaking role as Anita in West Side Story, she was so overwhelmed that her acceptance speech was a mere 11 words: “I can’t believe it.
Good lord. I leave you with that. ”But the Hollywood icon has a lot more to say in a brand new documentary, Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29.
The film, directed by Mariem Pérez Riera, peels back the layers of stardom and shows a side of Moreno few have ever been able to witness.
The two met four years ago on the set of One Day At A Time, the acclaimed reboot of Norman Lear’s original 1970s sitcom reimagined to focus on a.
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