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Dante: Inferno to Paradise

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Dante: Inferno to Paradise, by acclaimed filmmaker Ric Burns, explores the riveting life and times of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) and his soaring masterpiece "The Divine Comedy" – one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western literature.

Funding for DANTE: INFERNO TO PARADISE was provided by Rosalind P. Walter; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; the George Jenkins Foundation; Dana and Virginia Randt; Artemis Rising Foundation; Viking; the Francesco and Mary Giambelli Foundation; Lori Anne Lo Presti; Sheena and Vijay Vaidyanathan; Patricia and Marshall Geller; and Paolo Miseria.
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Explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante’s masterpiece.
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Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Part Two: Resurrection
Explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante’s masterpiece.
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Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Part Two: Resurrection
Explore the afterlife and literary and cultural fate of Dante’s masterpiece.
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Dante: Inferno to Paradise
Part One: The Inferno
See medieval Florence from 1216 to Dante's birth in 1265, his child, education and more.
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