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TV show that will change everything : Superhero series challenges Italian attitudes to immigrants
Zero provides a rare insight into the lives of black Italians and the country s second generation of immigrants
1 May 2021 • 1:51pm
The new Netflix series stars Giuseppe Dave Seke as Omar, a bike courier who is nicknamed Zero by his friends
Credit: Netflix
A groundbreaking television series about a black youth who can turn himself invisible has been hailed as a turning point in Italy’s difficult history of racial integration.
Zero is based on the lives of young black people living on the periphery of Milan, the second generation children of migrants who arrived 20 or 30 years ago.