Evgeny Afineevsky called his Pope Francis documentary Francesco a “healing moment” during a Discovery+ panel for the feature film at Deadline’s Contenders Documentary.
He also said Pope Francis’ leadership inspired him during the Covid pandemic.“I think specifically coming out of the pandemic and coming out of a lack of leadership, because we saw a huge lack of leadership during the pandemic in different places of the world, that we’re still struggling,” Afineevsky said. “I’m looking for hope.”He began the film in 2018 but completed it in 2020.
Francesco premiered at last year’s Rome Film Festival and in March on nascent streaming service Discovery+.In the film, Pope Francis comes out in support of civil unions for the LGBTQ community.
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