Overview
- The Vatican screening, set for Tuesday, April 21, marks one year since Pope Francis’ death and will take place steps from where he lived.
- The documentary features the Pope’s final on-camera testimony recorded shortly before he died.
- The film follows Scholas Occurrentes’ Aldeas workshops across Italy, Indonesia, and The Gambia, including Scorsese working with young people in his grandfather’s Sicilian village.
- First-look images were released Monday by the Vatican and Scholas ahead of the screening.
- Aldeas is produced with Scorsese’s Sikelia and Massive Owl, sales are handled by LBI Entertainment and Double Agent, and all proceeds will support the education initiative.