{"id":70157,"date":"2026-06-02T19:21:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/?p=70157"},"modified":"2026-06-02T19:21:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:21:01","slug":"africa-en-los-ojos-de-jorge-said-en-el-canal-13-de-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/africa-en-los-ojos-de-jorge-said-en-el-canal-13-de-chile\/","title":{"rendered":"AFRICA through the eyes of Jorge Said on Chile\u2019s Canal 13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>SERIES | DOCUMENTARIES | ORIGINAL PRODUCTION<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70158\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026.jpg 2500w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-350x230.jpg 350w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-1024x672.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-150x98.jpg 150w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-768x504.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-1536x1008.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/JORGE-SAID-AFRICA-SALVAJE-2026-2048x1344.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0000ff;\">The journalist and documentary filmmaker present an unfamiliar Africa in Canal 13\u2019s new program: &#8220;I encountered absolutely spectacular neighborhoods, and a Black billionaire class proud of its roots.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0000ff;\">The series not only explores natural landscapes but also captures metropolises filled with skyscrapers and vibrant urban life.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-70034\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TVMAS_Planet-of-the-Apes-345x100-1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #0000ff;\">Africa cannot be reduced to images from National Geographic\u2014lions, elephants, and safaris. Jorge Said shifts the focus to the people, the modernity, and the profound human stories.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitelefe.com\/telefe-studios\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70112 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/TVMAS_BANNER-345X100-01.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the success of \u2018Buscando a Dios\u2019 (Searching for God) and \u2018El peregrino\u2019 (The Pilgrim), Jorge Said\u2014adventurous journalist and war correspondent\u2014returns to television with \u2018\u00c1frica salvaje\u2019 (Wild Africa). Produced by Canal 13\u2019s cultural division, this series promises to transform our perception of the so-called &#8220;Dark Continent.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>DISCOVERING THE REAL AFRICA<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many, Africa is summed up by images from National Geographic: lions, elephants, and endless savannas. <strong>Jorge Said<\/strong>, however, reveals unique facets of this continent. Although the series does feature the famous &#8220;Big Five&#8221; (lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros, and buffalo), its primary focus lies on the people, the modernity, and the deep human stories found there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We always tend to speak of a continent as if it were a single monolithic entity. In the case of Africa, this constitutes a slight misconception, for Africa comprises 54 distinct nations\u2014each vastly different from the next,&#8221; explains the documentary filmmaker. He adds, &#8220;It is not merely a &#8216;wild&#8217; Africa; it is a humanitarian, cultural, and historical Africa\u2014a place that reminds us that this is where humanity was born, the very origin of the human condition.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/intermedya.tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69438 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/tvmas_345x100_Halef-EsrafRuya.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The series goes beyond exploring natural landscapes; it delves deep into metropolises teeming with skyscrapers and vibrant urban energy. \u201cYou never see this Africa\u2014the Africa of cities and technological advancements. I encountered absolutely spectacular neighborhoods, home to a Black billionaire class that is fiercely proud of its roots,\u201d recounts the journalist, who emphasizes that the program aims to dismantle the fundamental prejudices we hold regarding the continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>To bring \u2018\u00c1frica Salvaje\u2019 (Wild Africa) to life, the team spent nearly 200 days on the road without returning to Chile, <\/strong>visiting approximately 20 countries\u2014most notably Ethiopia, South Sudan, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Botswana. This entire journey was undertaken aboard a specially outfitted yellow truck, which became the journalist\u2019s home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lesdub.com\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-68824 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LES-COMPANY-345-x-100-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LES-COMPANY-345-x-100-.png 354w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LES-COMPANY-345-x-100--350x99.png 350w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LES-COMPANY-345-x-100--150x42.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>\u2018The Yellow Truck Takes Center Stage\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt was our mobile home; it allowed us to reach places where planes cannot land and where no other vehicle can go. In Africa, the roads are notoriously poor, but the truck enabled us to get up close to some truly extreme locations,\u201d comments Said regarding this mode of transport, which allowed him to immerse himself in the local reality in a raw and direct manner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>\u2018The Soul of a Continent\u2019<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the pyramids of Egypt to the Okavango Delta in Botswana\u2014passing through the source of the Nile and the majestic Victoria Falls \u2018\u00c1frica Salvaje\u2019 offers a journey that is both spiritual and physical, airing Saturdays during the late-night prime-time slot on Canal 13. Said explores the origins of humanity by visiting the site where \u201cLucy\u201d was discovered in Ethiopia, and analyzes contemporary conflicts such as the struggle for mineral resources (cobalt and coltan) in the Congo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfrica is a continent teeming with life a place where Christianity finds its very foundation. It is an Africa that takes pride in its past a past marked by the suffering of slavery and colonization yet one that today is reclaiming its indigenous names and local languages,\u201d reflects Jorge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/welove-entertainment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-69229 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Desiguales-345-x-100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"518\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Desiguales-345-x-100.jpg 518w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Desiguales-345-x-100-350x101.jpg 350w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Desiguales-345-x-100-150x43.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the journalist, this program is far more than just a travelogue; it represents his most personal and ambitious undertaking to date. \u201cI have almost always produced programs on my own, but this particular series demanded a level of physical endurance that no one else could match. Ultimately, I found myself feeling comfortable working solo once again\u2014taking risks I wouldn\u2019t have dared to take had I been accompanied by a full crew,\u201d said the journalist.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-66805 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-1-1.jpg 345w, https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/unnamed-1-1-150x43.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SERIES | DOCUMENTARIES | ORIGINAL PRODUCTION The journalist and documentary filmmaker present an unfamiliar Africa in Canal 13\u2019s new program: <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/2026\/06\/02\/africa-en-los-ojos-de-jorge-said-en-el-canal-13-de-chile\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[80,256,17,79,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ott","category-series","category-television","category-tv-abierta","category-tv-de-pagp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70159,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70157\/revisions\/70159"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tvmasmagazine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}