Windows around the world: Paolo Sigismondi on the cultural impact of streaming international movies and shows

What’s next up on your Netflix watch list? You may notice more suggestions for shows and movies made outside the US, such as Spain’s Money Heist and South Korea’s One More Time. Facing pressure to acquire new media content, Netflix has made a conscious decision to develop local shows and films around the world and then distribute that content globally. In this April 7, 2021 essay, Paolo Sigismondi explains how Netflix’s business decision might broaden the content we consume and challenge long-standing cultural stereotypes that have been reinforced by Hollywood.

Paolo Sigismondi, "Netflix’s Big Bet on Foreign Content and International Viewers Could Upend the Global Mediascape – and Change How People View the World," The Conversation, 7 April 2021