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ENCANTO (PG, 109 mins) Animation/Musical/Fantasy/Adventure.

The tale of the Madrigals, an extraordinary family who live in a wondrous, charmed place called an Encanto.

We talk to the filmmakers behind Disney's 'Encanto' to get all the details of where it came from (and where it could be headed).

Walt Disney Studios 60th animated feature takes audiences on a journey filled with magic, family secrets and self-acceptance, set to the backdrop of Colombia.

Set in Colombia, the musical film is scored by Lin-Manuel Miranda of ‘Hamilton’ fame

Lin-Manuel Miranda, who composed eight original songs for Encanto, says writing music for a Disney animated film is stress like no other.

Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around, she had no doubts. “I said, ‘I have to do this. I have to,’” Castro Smith said in an interview with The

Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around, she had no doubts. “I said, ‘I have to do this. I have to,’” Castro Smith said in an interview with The…

NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the

NEW YORK (AP) — Charise Castro Smith, the first Latino woman to co-direct a Walt Disney Animation Studios movie, admits that she has felt terrified at times. But when the chance to work on “Encanto” came around, she had no doubts.