She used to have a little, now she has a lot ... And she says this is just the "halftime" of her career.
This is the story of Jennifer Lopez. #tribeca2022
This is the story of Jennifer Lopez. #tribeca2022
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00:00I've never been one to be quiet about the fact that I'm Latina.
00:04I think it's important.
00:06I never put the kind of responsibility on my shoulders of role model or anything,
00:10but I do feel I have a responsibility.
00:13I have a responsibility to represent myself, my family, my culture in the best way that I can.
00:30I do this not for an award.
00:37No, I do this to connect with people and make them feel things because I want to feel something.
00:44It was at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club in my old neighborhood up in the Bronx,
01:01where I was introduced to the performing arts.
01:04It's where I first sang, first danced, and performed for an audience.
01:14Coming all the way from Bronx, New York, Miss Jennifer Lopez.
01:44But as far as for Latino actors in Hollywood, it's not that great,
01:58because we're not considered for roles that are not Latino,
02:03but meanwhile other people are considered to play our roles who are not Latino,
02:07so it's a weird thing.
02:09I started making records in the 90s, in the 80s,
02:38in the 90s, in the era of the waif and the supermodel.
02:41And slowly as curves began to be embraced,
02:43the girl who wanted to combine street style with couture began to blossom.
03:09I'm not one to really follow trends,
03:13but I kind of was just influenced from who I was from the time I was very young and living in the Bronx.
03:38Ugly, vicious shit was written about her in ways that if you wrote it now,
03:49you would literally be fired.
03:51Yeah.
04:22It is my greatest hope that our efforts with Amnesty International
04:27will encourage other people throughout the world to act,
04:30ensuring that finally justice will be served.
04:51Today, this landmark moment inspires me to work harder and dream bigger for all that is the future.
05:07I'm really grateful for her friendship, her generosity, which is huge,
05:12for showing the world the beauty of booty
05:19and making it easier for a whole lot of girls to love theirs, including me.
05:23Jennifer, thanks for having me be here.
05:50I immediately felt like I had to get this film made.
05:53No matter the obstacle.
05:55A survivor just trying to get her piece of the American dream.
05:58Ramona, like so many of us, was a mass of contradictions.
06:03Mentor and manipulator.
06:05Mother, fighter, entrepreneur and hustler.
06:20When I think of my daughter, when I think of all the little girls of the world,
06:25to be able to have that, to see that two Latinas doing this at this time,
06:30in this country at this time, it's just it's just very empowering for us.
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