"Adriana Barraza likes to remember the Miami of the end of the 1980s as she would an old lover: with gratitude, wonder and nostalgia. The Mexican actress, who is today well-known in Hollywood, walked the halls of the city's first Hispanic studios, right when their industry was beginning to take shape."
"Everybody knows that in 1988, telenovelas [Latin American soap opera] began in Miami, Barranza states precisely, having been a firsthand witness to this foundational era. Something new was being born, a meeting point in which Latino stories could be told from the United States, within reach of an audience that was growing quickly."
"Against this backdrop, three production companies arose that would characterize the era: Venevision International, Fonovideo and Telemundo Studios. The three produced between seven and 10 telenovelas a year between them, a volume that would leave Miami the primary center of production of Spanish-language productions in the United States. No other place in the country had anything like it."
Adriana Barraza recalls late-1980s Miami with gratitude, nostalgia and vivid sensory memory of rehearsals, shoots and mixed accents as the local Hispanic audiovisual industry coalesced. In 1988 telenovela production took root in Miami, offering a U.S.-based platform for Latino stories reaching a rapidly growing audience. Migratory growth supplied new talent and demand, while studios such as Venevision International, Fonovideo and Telemundo Studios produced seven to ten telenovelas annually between them. The production volume established Miami as the primary U.S. center for Spanish-language television production and generated diverse employment opportunities across acting, directing, technical and support roles.
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