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Matalaché

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Peru
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How it feels

A Peruvian miniseries from 1988 based on a 1928 novel about social tensions on a sugar plantation. It focuses on the relationships and conflicts between landowners and enslaved workers.

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What happens

Matalaché es una miniserie peruana de 1988 emitida por Frecuencia 2 y que fue estrenada el 30 de agosto de 1988.​ Está basada en la novela homónima publicada por Enrique López Albújar en 1928.​ Es recordada tanto por ser la primera producción dramática peruana en ser transmitida por dicho canal, así como por representar el primer blackface en la historia de la televisión peruana. Actualmente puede verse el primer episodio de forma gratuita en la plataforma YouTube. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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