• Portrait Of: ‘Taina’ and the Love of Nostalgia TV

  • Nov 29 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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Portrait Of: ‘Taina’ and the Love of Nostalgia TV

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  • In 2001, Nickelodeon started airing "Taina," a show about a Latina teen who attends a performing arts high school in NYC and daydreams of being a star. While the show only lasted two seasons, "Taina" is seared into the memories of many who grew up watching it, because at the time it was rare to see an authentic portrayal of what it was like to be a Nuyorican teen in the early 2000s. In this episode from our vault, Maria Hinojosa talks to the show’s award-winning creator Maria Perez-Brown, who is Nuyorican herself, about jumping into the world of children's television after being a tax lawyer, and the surprisingly long legacy of “Taina.”

    This episode originally aired in 2019.

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