Overview
- The documentary, shown at a private Vatican screening Tuesday, April 21, marked the first anniversary of Pope Francis’s death.
- It features the pontiff’s final testimony recorded shortly before he died, which had not been released until now.
- Developed with Scholas Occurrentes, a global Catholic education network founded by Francis, the project centers communities in Italy, Indonesia, Gambia, and the Vatican as they craft their own stories, including Scorsese’s return to his grandfather’s village in Sicily.
- The creative team credits list co-directors Clare Tavernor and Johnny Shipley, producer Amy Foster, cinematographers Ellen Kuras and Salvatore Totino, and collaborators Babou Ceesay, Happy Salma, and Oscar winner Giuseppe Tornatore.
- Funding came from independent sponsors and donors with all proceeds pledged to support and grow Scholas’s work, while plans for a wider public release have not been announced.