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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints
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Created byMatti Leshem
Written byKent Jones
Directed byElizabeth Chomko
Narrated byMartin Scorsese
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Martin Scorsese
  • Matti Leshem
  • Julie Yorn
  • Rick Yorn
  • Christopher Donnelly
  • Yoshi Stone
  • Craig Piligian
  • Matt Loze
  • David Ellender
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFox Nation

Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints is an eight-part docudrama series that premiered on Fox Nation on November 17, 2024.[1]

Premise

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Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints explores the lives of selected Christian saints: John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, Saint Sebastian, Moses the Black, Thomas Becket, Francis of Assisi, Joan of Arc and Maximilian Kolbe, devoting an episode to each.[1]

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Production

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Martin Scorsese in 2024.

After Raging Bull in the early 1980s, Martin Scorsese considered quitting filmmaking, wanting to travel to Rome to shoot a series of television documentaries on the lives of different saints: "I literally thought it would be my last film," said Scorsese in 2016, referring to Raging Bull. "And at the time, because of the films that Bertolucci and the Tavianis and others had made for RAI, and in particular Roberto Rossellini's historical films, I thought that television was the future of cinema. Or, I should say: television mixed with cinema."[3]

Scorsese intended to set the project up at RAI, and explore the various questions of what it meant to be a saint, and where the figures came from.[3] After the project fell apart, Scorsese channeled his spiritual interests into films such as The Last Temptation of Christ, Kundun, and Silence. Decades later, the series was revived when it was greenlit by Fox Nation.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b White, Peter (March 27, 2024). "Martin Scorsese Sets Docudrama Series 'The Saints' At Fox Nation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 19, 2024.
  2. ^ Bergeson, Samantha (12 November 2024). "Martin Scorsese Teams Up with Fox Nation for the Faith-Based Anthology Series 'The Saints' — Watch Trailer". IndieWire. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b Spadaro, Antonio (June 8, 2017). "Silence: Interview with Martin Scorsese". La Civiltà Cattolica. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
  4. ^ "Martin Scorsese on the saints, faith in filmmaking and what his next movie might be". AP News. 2024-11-14. Retrieved 2024-11-14.
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