The Spanish-language Apple TV series ‘Las Azules’ (‘Women in Blue’) returns for its second season, set in patriarchal Mexico of the 1970s. The storyline is woven around two massacres of student protesters that helped define an era of heavy-handed state repression.
Season 2 Overview
The season opens a day after a paramilitary force known as Los Halcones attacked a student protest in Mexico City in June 1971, killing or wounding dozens of demonstrators. When a young man is found dead in murky circumstances, the four ‘Azules’ indirectly take the lead in an investigation that points to the police force and ties back to the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre.
The show’s co-creator, writer, director, and executive producer Fernando Rovzar wanted to tell a gritty crime story with a touch of traditional Mexican melodrama that exposes wrong-doing in the establishment. A lot of research went into ensuring the events were portrayed with honesty, responsibility, and respect, he said.
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