About Always a Witch
Always a Witch (Spanish: Siempre Bruja) is a Colombian fantasy-romance series that premiered on Netflix on February 19, 2019. Created by Ana Maria Parra and produced with Caracol Television, the show follows Carmen Eguiluz, a young Afro-Latina witch living in 17th-century Cartagena de Indias. Condemned to burn at the stake for loving Cristobal De Aranoa, the son of a wealthy slaveholding family, Carmen strikes a desperate bargain with the immortal wizard Aldemar and is hurled forward in time to the present-day city.
Stranded in 2019, Carmen enrolls as a student at a modern university while she searches for a way to return to her own century and rescue the love she left behind. She navigates smartphones, classrooms, and new friendships with the help of confidant Johnny Ki and classmates Alicia, Mayte, and Leon, all while concealing her powers. Magic in the present is dangerous: using it risks alerting a centuries-old threat that has followed her across time, forcing Carmen to balance her studies, her growing bonds, and her quest to undo her tragic fate.
Breezy and youthful in tone, the series became notable as a Netflix original anchored by an Afro-Colombian lead, a rarity for the Latin American streaming slate of its era. It blends fish-out-of-water comedy, period flashbacks to colonial Cartagena, and a star-crossed romance, building toward a second season that aired worldwide on February 28, 2020 and deepened the mythology around witchcraft, time travel, and the cost of Carmen's bargain.