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= Black in Latin America = Black in Latin America is a documentary television series that aired on PBS in April 19, 2011 in the United States. This series is based on the book, Black in Latin America, which was written in 2011 by Henry Louis Gates, who produced this 4-episode series along with other documentaries as well. Both the documentary and book explore the historical roots and influence of Afro-Latin Americans. The book's chapters and the documentary's episodes each focus on individual Latin American countries whose African heritage is often overlooked. Each nation has varying perceptions of race and color, but all had policies in order to lighten the overall skin color of their population. For example, in 1933 Mexico restricted the immigration of blacks into the country, and 4 million white European immigrants were welcomed to Brazil between 1884 and 1939.

Criticism
John Maddox and Michael Steinkampf point out that Gates leaves out a lot of information from the second episode, "Cuba: The Next Revolution." The authors suggest that due to the strong control of media, the documentary did not provide sufficient information about racism in Cuba. However, Gates's book Black in Latin America provides a bit more information with regard to Cuba.