Creative Responsibility and Cultural Proximity in Colombian Public Regional Television Fiction

Building on the concept of cultural proximity, this study addresses the expectations of creators regarding the responsibility of generating dramatic products for public broadcasters in a regional context. In this qualitative research, 14 in-depth interviews were conducted with Colombian directors and screenwriters who had developed TV drama productions for over 10 years. The concept of creative responsibility emerges as a complement to cultural proximity to understand how creators promote regional identity, respecting the constitutive elements of culture present in each context, and avoiding the misrepresentation of the historical facts portrayed on the screen while remaining limited by budget constraints.