Jennifer Lopez opens up about her fight to be “taken seriously” in a new documentary, which will open at the Tribeca Film Festival.

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00:00Who would have thought a girl from the Bronx, you know, with no connections in the biz or

00:05anything like that, could come so far.

00:08Jennifer Lopez opens up about her fight to be taken seriously in a new documentary, which

00:13will open the Tribeca Film Festival.

00:15I'm trying to give you something with substance, not just us out there shaking our asses.

00:21I want something real.

00:23Halftime chronicles her rise to fame as an actress and singer under constant scrutiny

00:28from the media.

00:29And I said to her once, doesn't this bother you?

00:32And she said, I expected this.

00:34How do you feel about your butt?

00:36You did not just ask me that.

00:38I did.

00:39The documentary follows Lopez's preparation for the 2020 Super Bowl, when she and Shakira

00:44made history as the first Latin women to co-headline the event.

00:48Latinas doing this at this time in this country at this time, it's just, it's just very empowering

00:53for us.