Why should you read Dante’s “Divine Comedy”? - Sheila Marie Orfano
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“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here…” Inscribed above the Gate of Hell, this prophecy sets into motion an epic journey for salvation. Written over 10 years, Dante Alighieri’s three-part narrative poem “Divine Comedy” is both an allegorical imagining of the soul’s journey towards God and a scathing political commentary. Sheila Maria Orfano shares its timeless themes of love, sin and redemption.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Sheila Marie Orfano
- Director Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Animator Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat
- Composer Cem Misirlioglu
- Music Cem Misirlioglu
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Associate Editorial Producer Dan Kwartler
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
