Bahia is Brazil's blackest state - but you'd never guess it from latest TV soap
The telenovela Segundo Sol has an almost entirely white cast despite being set in a place where 80% are black or mixed race
Sam Cowie in São Paulo
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Fri 18 May 2018 02.00 EDT
Brazil’s latest hit TV show includes many of the elements you might expect in a telenovela: family feuds, romance, betrayal and beachside locations.
But critics say something is still missing.
Despite being set in Brazil’s blackest state, Segundo Sol, or Second Sun, has a cast which is almost entirely white. The show has reignited a longstanding debate about race and representation on Brazilian television and prompted action from the country’s Labour Prosecution Service.
Segundo Sol, which premiered this week on Brazil’s dominant Globo TV network, tells the fictional tale of a decadent musician who – when mistakenly thought dead in a plane crash – goes into hiding so his indebted family can cash in on his posthumous success.
More:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/18/brazil-segundo-sol-telenovela-white-black-cast-race