Telenovas playing role in immigrants’ education

“After a successful first season, the creator of a unique Spanish-language soap opera that mixes educational themes for immigrants with the more traditional telenovela plots of love and betrayal hopes to start production on a second season in August.

“We kind of stepped in on something that was getting ready to happen,” producer and director Dilsey Davis said of Americans’ burgeoning interest in telenovelas. “We kind of came at the right moment.”"

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