<p>A look at the life&nbsp;of Rita Moreno from her humble beginnings to trailblazing&nbsp;success, while&nbsp;breaking&nbsp;down barriers, fighting for representation and forging a path for new generations of artists.</p>

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

<h3><img src="https://www.documentary.org/images/programs/screenings/2021/IDA_Documentary_Screening_Series_Rita_Moreno_Just_a_Girl_Who_Decided_to_Go_For_It_Rita_Moreno.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; height: 200px; width: 200px; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;">An older woman with light skin and white short hair.</h3><h3>Rita Moreno, Subject</h3><p>Rita Moreno is celebrated as one of the world’s most honored actresses and is admired for her tenacity in pursuing issues of racial equity and justice.&nbsp;Her legendary career spans seventy years, on stage, television and in film. She belongs to an elite group having won the prestigious Oscar®,&nbsp;Emmy®, Tony® and Grammy®. Rita is recipient of countless honors, including the Peabody Career Achievement Award, the Kennedy Center Honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Arts.</p><h3><img src="https://www.documentary.org/images/programs/screenings/2021/IDA_Documentary_Screening_Series_Rita_Moreno_Just_a_Girl_Who_Decided_to_Go_For_It_Mariem_Pe%CC%81rez_Riera.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; height: 200px; width: 200px; float: right; padding-left: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;">A woman with light brown skin and long dark brown hair.</h3><h3>Mariem Pérez Riera, Director</h3><p>Born in Puerto Rico, Mariem's first feature&nbsp;<em>Maldeamores</em>, executive produced by Benicio Del Toro, debuted at Tribeca Film Festival. She's been awarded at several international film festivals with her documentaries&nbsp;<em>Cuando Lo pequeño se hace grande</em>,&nbsp;<em>De Puerto Rico Para El Mundo</em>, and Emmy®-winner&nbsp;<em>Croatto, La Huella De Un Emigrante</em>.</p><h3><img src="https://www.documentary.org/images/programs/screenings/2021/IDA_Documentary_Screening_Series_Rita_Moreno_Just_a_Girl_Who_Decided_to_Go_For_It_Brent_Miller.jpg" style="border: 0px; max-width: 100%; max-height: 100%; height: 200px; width: 200px; float: left; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 10px;">A man with light skin and short brown hair and facial hair.</h3><h3>Brent Miller, Producer</h3><p>Brent Miller serves as President of Production for Norman Lear’s ACT III Productions and has been working with ACT III for over a decade. He and Lear teamed with Jimmy Kimmel to Executive Produce (2) Primetime Specials of&nbsp;<em>Live In Front Of A Studio Audience&nbsp;</em>for ABC.&nbsp;The specials set ratings records and earned Miller (2) Primetime Emmys® for “Outstanding Variety Special (Live)” in 2019 and 2020. Miller served as an Executive Producer for (4) seasons of&nbsp;<em>One Day At A Time</em>, a Latinx reimagining of the classic TV series.&nbsp;Currently, he is Executive Producing a reimagined&nbsp;<em>Good Times, Mary Hartman Mary Hartman, Who’s The Boss</em>&nbsp;and several other original properties. His feature credits include the documentaries,&nbsp;<em>Rita Moreno: Just A Girl Who Decided To Go For It</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Norman Lear: Just Another Version Of You</em>, as well as, the narrative film,&nbsp;<em>I Carry You With Me</em>&nbsp;--which won the Audience and Innovator Awards at Sundance in 2020.</p>

Rita Moreno Moderated Conversation with Filmmaker

The Q&A features film subject Rita Moreno, director Mariem Pérez Riera and producer Brent Miller, moderated by Carlos Aguilar, film critic at the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.

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