In “The Cheetah Girls One World,” the third film in Disney Channel’s successful series, the group travels to India to star in a film after one of its members misunderstands an invitation to Bollywood as one to Hollywood. The movie was shot in Udaipur and includes actors of South Asian origin. In a story headlined “Generation Mix: Youth TV Takes the Lead in Diversity Casting”, the New York Times talks about diversity on the small screen:
“This group of people is reflective of the life we all live right now,” said Debra Martin Chase, an executive producer of “The Cheetah Girls One World,” which will be shown Friday on the Disney Channel.
“One-third of the U.S. population is now nonwhite,” said Ms. Chase, one of a handful of prominent African-American producers in Hollywood. “That is reflected in the Disney Channel projects because they are committed to diversity. It has been a priority for them all along.”
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