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Francesca Scorsese’s ‘Saints’ Episode on Carlo Acutis Debuts on Fox Nation

She declined to film the entombed body of the young saint to preserve the sanctity of the site.

Overview

  • The Carlo Acutis installment of Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints premiered on Fox Nation on Sunday, Dec. 7.
  • Francesca Scorsese directed the episode, with Martin Scorsese serving as narrator and executive producer.
  • She chose to avoid shooting Acutis’s body in Assisi and relied on a small amount of stock footage instead.
  • Francesca said she got the job because her father oversaw the series and openly acknowledged the nepotism label.
  • She noted initial hesitation about the Fox Nation platform’s politics but said Fox was the only outlet that backed the project.