In what is being billed as a television first, the Brazilian culture and its impact on the Americas society will be shown throughout the United States in the nationally syndicated show, American Latino TV, the weekend of November 17-18.
American Latino TV, which is seen weekly in over 100 cities across the U.S., Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, is dedicating an entire episode to celebrating the widespread and growth of Brazil culture in the US.
The special episode was taped on location at the September annual New York Brazilian Day Festival in New York City. This is the city's largest outdoor festival, where over one million attendees in midtown Manhattan gather to celebrate Brazilian culture, music and heritage.
Though Brazil is the largest country in Latin America, the culture is often misunderstood and ignored because of the nation's Portuguese heritage and language.
Mainstream and Spanish-language media outlets often ignore Brazilians despite the fact that in the U.S., Brazilians have rapidly spread to all parts of the country, particularly the Northeast, Florida and West Coast.
The producers take an in-depth look at Brazilian culture and ask Brazilians if they consider themselves Latino while highlighting the many entertaining aspects of the unique culture.
The producers also travel to Phoenix, Arizona. to cover the Brazilian martial art known as capoeira, which greatly influenced the uniquely American art form of break dancing.
No show on Brazilian culture would be complete without the sexy dance of samba. The producers travel to San Francisco, California to highlight a well-known samba instructor.
Other elements covered include Brazilian Hip Hop artists Alfa Omega and recommended websites where people can get their fix of Brazilian events across the nation and a profile of a traveling graffiti art project in the U.S. straight from the streets of Brazil.
"We've always prided ourselves in covering elements of Latino culture, either stereotyped or ignored by both the mainstream and Spanish language media. This special episode on Brazilian culture fulfills our mission to show the true diversity of Latino culture," says Renzo Devia, supervising producer of the show and president of AIM TV's Maximas Productions.
"This is not the first time we've highlighted Brazilians in our shows, but it is the first time we've dedicated an entire episode to the culture. We know a lot of people are very interested in Brazilian culture and for good reason.
"Brazilians have a natural lust for life that is magnetic. We want more people to experience this warm, fun, unique and beautiful culture," says Robert G. Rose, CEO of AIM Tell-A-Vision group and executive producer of the show.
American Latino TV:
Los Angeles - KABC Saturday nights @ 1 am / Sundays @ 4 pm (check listings)
New York - WWOR My 9 Sundays @ 4 pm
Orlando - WRDQ Action 27 Saturday nights @ 12 am
Miami/ Ft. Lauderdale - WFOR CBS 4 Saturday nights @ 1 am
Hartford - WCTX MNT 59/ My TV 9 Sundays 12 pm
Chicago - WPWR My 50 Saturdays @ 5:30 pm
For a complete listing: www.americanlatino.tv/wheretowatch
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written by forrest Brown, November 03, 2007
want , take , steal from whom ever comes in there reach
what brasil should worrie about is the negitive shows like the ones on PBS
some of the ones that have been shown
the charolers of brasil .
the sugar cane cutters
lack of human rights
sex trade and the brasilian law and cover up
that
written by shelly, November 04, 2007
We do have culture. The Brits say, most people I know that Americans are cultureless, stilling every dam holiday from other countries. Anyway, my point is that we do have culture, we have a rich literature, arts, cinema. Sadly, not many people are exposed to it. If you wish, I can recommend you some wonderful books. Read Nisia Floresta, Cintilacoes de uma Alma Brasileira, Domingos Caldas Barbosa, Jorge Amado, Casimiro de Abreu. The people around you may not be fond of culture, I don't know who they are or what they do, but you if were to meet my family, they are probably more cultured than most people I have encountered in America.
The act of developing the intellectual and moral faculties especially by education
Enlightenment and excellence of taste acquired by intellectual and aesthetic training
Acquaintance with and taste in fine arts, humanities, and broad aspects of science as distinguished from vocational and technical skills
The integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations
Where exactly does Brazil fit in these Webster definitons of culture. Brazil is a lifestyle it is not yet a font of culture.