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Witness History: The First Latin American 'Telenovela'

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16/12/2016 GMT

The First Latin American 'Telenovela'

BBC World Service - Witness History, The First Latin American 'Telenovela'

Brazil's Vida Alves starred in the first ever Latin American soap opera in December 1951.

In December 1951 Latin America's first soap opera, or 'telenovela' -  'Sua Vida Me Pertence' - was broadcast on Brazilian TV. Witness spoke to one of its stars, Vida Alves.

Vida Alves starred in Latin America's first soap opera, or telenovela. 'Sua Vida Me Pertence' was broadcast in Brazil in December 1951. It kick-started a TV genre that has spread across the globe and is now worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Vida speaks to Mike Lanchin about her memories of making TV history.

Photo: Vida Alves and Walter Forster in a scene from 'Sua Vida Me Pertence', Brazil 1951 (Museu Pró-TV)

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