Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It

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.

Documentary

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)

Hector 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)

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))