Synopsis
Jenni Rivera: Mariposa de Barrio (2017) is a biographical drama series you can watch online on iFILM. It follows the Mexican-American singer's climb from a rough childhood in Long Beach to the throne of banda music.
Born to Mexican immigrants, Jenni becomes a teenage mother and survives an abusive marriage, with music her only escape. Slowly she forces her way onto a stage that had little room for women, eventually filling arenas on both sides of the border. Angélica Celaya and Rosalinda Rodríguez head the cast that plays Rivera across different chapters of her life.
Adapted from the autobiography Rivera wrote before her death in a 2012 plane crash, the show doesn't soften the hard parts — domestic violence, motherhood at fifteen, public feuds and betrayals sit right next to the triumphs. It lands best with fans of Latin music and anyone drawn to a self-made-woman story. Stream every episode online on iFILM.
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