Martin Scorsese reveals a film featuring Pope Francis’ ‘Final Interview’
Martin Scorsese is behind the lens creating a documentary based on Pope Francis and his ‘Final Interview’ that will feature the Pontiff and the filmmaker prior to the Pope’s death. The ‘Final Interview’ was referred to by the filmmaker as his final in- depth interview.
The Late pope in 2023 founded a nonprofit global organisation called Scholas Occurentes details the ‘Aldeas – A New Story’, a part of the organisation’s film-making program. The documentary will show young talents from Indonesia, Italy and Gambia as a part of the program also making their own short films.
The documentary will have untouched behind the scenes of the scripted short films produced through the Aldeas. Pope’s interest and vision toward community building through films and stories seeded the Aldeas project that will now fuel ‘Aldeas – A New Story’, that will also include the candid and unknown conversation between Pope Francis and the Filmmaker.
Aldeas is an extremely poetic and very constructive project because it goes to the roots of what human life is, human sociability, human conflicts … the essence of a life’s journey,” said Pope Francis in a statement before his death at the age of 88.
The movie is a collaboration of the Aldeas Scholas and Scorsese’s Sikelia productions along with Massive Owl Productions and is said to be “a testament to the enduring belief that creativity is not only a means of expression but a path to hope and transformation”, while announcing the documentary on Wednesday.
With no specified date set for the release of the documentary, Scorsese commented “Now, more than ever, we need to talk to each other, listen to one another cross-culturally. One of the best ways to accomplish this is by sharing the stories of who we are, reflected from our personal lives and experiences. It helps us understand and value how each of us sees the world. It was important to Pope Francis for people across the globe to exchange ideas with respect while also preserving their cultural identity, and cinema is the best medium to do that”, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
