A sold-out crowd of fans of the YA novel "Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe" by Benjamin Alire Sáenz packed the Alamo Draft House in El Paso to watch the movie and hear a talk by the author in September 2023.
Lin-Manuel Miranda is the executive producer with Aitch Alberto, a transgender film director. The movie feature several well-known actors including Eva Longoria and Eugenio Derbez, both prominent Hispanic voices in the film industry.
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, published in 2012, tells the story of two boys in El Paso juggling high school, and growing up while learning more about themselves and the love they feel for one another while they defy social and cultural norms.