Legendary director Martin Scorsese has explored religious history and Catholic tradition across several titles in his famed filmography, from The Last Temptation of Christ to Kundun and Silence. And now the filmmaker is digging even deeper into the subject matter with a new limited series, Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints, which premieres today, November 17, on FOX Nation.
One of America's greatest storytellers, Scorses will serve as a host, narrator and executive producer on the eight-part docudrama series, which powerfully recounts and recreates the "remarkable stories of eight men and women who risked everything to embody humanity’s most noble and complex trait — faith," per the official series description. "With each episode focusing on a singular saint, including Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian, Maximilian Kolbe, Francis of Assisi, Thomas Becket, Mary Magdalene and Moses the Black, Scorsese journeys over 2,000 years of history focusing on these extraordinary figures and their extreme acts of kindness, selflessness, and sacrifice."
