Dante and the Invention of Hell

A 2016 Arts Documentary directed by Marco Pianigiani. Audio in English narrated by James Cosmo.

A rich and stimulating study into the themes, historical context and far-reaching influence of Dante Alighieri's Inferno, the first part of his 14th-century epic poem Divine Comedy.

With the participation of: Franco Cardini (Italian historian and essayist, specialized in Medieval Studies), Kate Bryan ( British art historian, curator and arts broadcaster), Martin Mclaughlin (Professor of Italian and Agnelli-Serena Professor of Italian Studies in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford), and Simon Njami (Writer and an independent curator, lecturer, art critic and essayist.)