- Rita, she is a
diva, girl (laughs)

in the best sense of the word.

- Rita Mareno is an original.

She can't help but be that.

- She was at Latina, like
me, and she made me feel

like women could do
anything because she did.

- I may be petite, but
I'm as big as your get.

(crowd cheering)

- Rita Moreno is
a quintessential
American success story.

(crowd cheering and applauding)

As an EGOT winner, who's
won an Emmy, a Grammy,

an Oscar, and a Tony
the biggest challenge

in telling Rita Moreno's
story is to try to encapsulate

her incredible career.

♪ Hey ♪

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- I made a promise to
myself that I was going

to go through with a
documentary, that I would be

as truthful as I
could possibly be.

- She really wanted to do
a documentary that talks

more about who she really
is and her insecurities.

Through Rita, we get to
understand what it means

to be a woman in Hollywood,
when it was normal

to be harassed as a woman,
and it was normal to be viewed

as a second class.

- I managed to put up
with so much bad behavior

on the part of many men.

It's a damaging thing,
rage, because it'll stop me.

(dramatic music)

And I don't want to be stopped.

(crowd cheering)

- [Michael] When you learn her
story and all the obstacles

she conquered, what
comes out is inspiration.

- I think it's important
to know her story

because it shows how
much we have accomplished

as women through her and
through other women like her.

- If we thought there was no
place for us in this world

of the arts that we
wanted to get into,

we could look up and
see Rita and say, okay,

well she could do it.

How close can I get?

(gentle music)