The legendary Latin Grammy nominee Jenni Rivera ("La Diva En Vivo") stars in her final on-screen performance when the musical drama Filly Brown arrives on Blu-ray on July 30 from Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment. The bold and heartening film follows a promising hip-hop artist from Los Angeles who finds herself in a moral dilemma when a record producer offers her a once in a lifetime shot at stardom.
The uplifting coming-of-age story also features an exceptional cast, including Lou Diamond Phillips (La Bamba), Edward James Olmos (American Me), and Gina Rodriguez in her electrifying breakout role.
Filly Brown is a young aspiring hip-hop artist striving to find her voice and seize her dreams without compromise, but with a mother (Rivera) in jail and a father (Diamond Phillips) struggling to provide for his daughters, she knows a record contract could be the ticket to her family's financial problems, regardless of the consequences. When a record producer offers her a shot at stardom, she is suddenly faced with the prospect of losing both her authenticity as an artist and the friends who helped her reach the cusp of success, in order to save her family.