Turning white: why does Brazil’s media whiten blacks in movies, soap operas, advertisements and history?
Note from BW of Brazil: I start today’s post with a memory from late 2011 in São Paulo. That year, the yearly Feira Preta (black expo) […]
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White media, black population: Denial of reality – From novelas to newspapers: the black population still occupies subordinate positions in the hegemonic media
Note from BW of Brazil: Brazilian television and the representation of blacks. It’s a topic that can never be discussed because, well, the situation has […]
Series ‘Mister Brau’ featured in UK newspaper and site focusing on films of the African Diaspora; series being hailed as groundbreaking for Afro-Brazilians
Note from BW of Brazil: The news about the new Globo TV series Mister Brau starring real life couple Lázaro Ramos and Taís Araújo has garnered […]
Black Screen Project brings black culture to the big screen and debates racism
Note from BW of Brazil: It’s good to see initiatives and projects such as this one! Afro-Brazilian history and culture and discussions of the role […]
From the “mulata” dancing nude on TV to the killing of youth, black people are stereotyped and tossed aside in the Brazilian social imaginary
Note from BW of Brazil: In the interview below, poet/musician Ronald Augustus takes on a number of topics that are important to this blog and that […]
When black elites sell out black activism: Female college professor fired over her protest of controversial TV series
Note from BW of Brazil: The controversial television series Sexo e as negas comes to a close as its final episode airs tomorrow night. The […]
Is master in the slave house again? Black women on TV: The case of ‘Scandal’ and ‘Sexo e as negas’
Note from BW of Brazil: The ongoing debate over black representation on Brazilian airwaves has only intensified since mid-September with the debut, and two month […]
From the kitchen to the bedroom: A brief historical analysis of the role of black women in Brazilian novels, television and film
Note from BW of Brazil: With the debut of the new Globo TV series entitled Sexo e as negas and its accompanying controversy, it is […]
Upcoming television “Sex and the Negress” provokes concerns over the continuous stereotyping of black women
Note from BW of Brazil: As the vast under-representation and stereotyping of black women and black Brazilians in general in Brazil’s super-white media is one […]
Rita Monteiro: the first black VJ of MTV Brasil
by Luiz Paulo Lima MTV Brasil was born in the 1990s as the third version of a channel aimed at young audiences to be launched in […]
Trajectory of the documentary “Raça” features three black personalities in the struggle for racial equality
Note from BW of Brazil: The BW of Brazil blog has featured the work and opinions of filmmaker Joel Zito Araújo in a number of posts. […]
Where are the black women in Brazil’s teen magazines?
by Lola Aronovich* and Carolina dos Santos de Oliveira (Taken from the blog Escreva Lola Escreva) It’s been awhile since I received from a reader a beautiful book […]
Revisiting the triumph and controversy surrounding the film Filhas do Vento, the first Brazilian film made with a majority black cast and black director – Part 1
Filhas do Vento DVD cover For today’s post and those of the next few days, I wanted to discuss Filhas do Vento, a 2004 film directed […]
Brazil’s top TV network, Globo, simultaneously airing three productions with prominent presence of black actors
Camila Pitanga and Lázaro Ramos, protagonists of Lado a Lado “A carne mais barata do mercado é a carne negra.” (“The cheapest meat in the market […]
