Melanin is a television series about being young and Afro-Swedish. It targets young people and deals with topics such as love, media, beauty, school and identity. The purpose of Melanin is to deal with racism, provide tools to fight it, but also see that there are people who share the same experience that you do, and sometimes you just need to laugh about it! Episode 1 deals with who gets to be seen in the media and how? David Nzinga is an Afro-Swedish actor and a director, who got fed up by only getting roles as a criminal or a refugee. He started his own production company in order to tell the stories he thinks are relevant in Sweden today. David and 17-year-old Jamal, who plays the leading part in the film ‘Gola inte’, talk about their experiences and what they think about the representation of black people in Swedish media. Film expert Baker Karim speaks about the stereotypes of black people. Melanin’s reporter, Aida Wondimu meets up with young people and discusses this topic. Famous rapper Ison Glasgow gives advice to ‘his 15-year-old self’ and in ‘Shit non-black people say’ young Afro-Swedes are telling us things they are tired of hearing, just because they are black.
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