‘Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints’ Part Two Sets April Return Date (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMatt Minton mminton@variety.com “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” is officially returning for Part Two on Fox Nation beginning Friday, April 4 and will roll out throughout Easter, Variety can exclusively reveal, along with the first trailer.
From host, narrator, executive producer and Oscar-winner Martin Scorsese, the docuseries tracks over 2,000 years of history, exploring religious figures like Francis of Assisi, Moses the Black and Mary Magdalene.
The first season featured Joan of Arc, John the Baptist, Sebastian and Maximilian Kolbe. The first episode “Francis of Assisi” releases April 4 and takes place in the 13th century, following Francis as he experiences the horrors of war and finds new meaning later in life by starting a brotherhood and going face-to-face with the leader Sultan Al-Kamil.
The second episode “Moses the Black,” dropping April 11, follows the runaway slave Moses in the 4th century as he gives up violence and his former life in favor of a remote desert monastery.
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