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This month, CBC’s documentary channel broadcasts the nine-part series, LOUIS THEROUX PRESENTS, and THE MYSTERY OF SAN NICANDRO
This month, CBC’s documentary channel delivers an all-new crop of intriguing and thought-provoking documentary specials. Beginning Tuesday, November 13 at 9 p.m. ET, take a captivating journey into the insightful documentaries of BBC television presenter Louis Theroux in the compelling nine-part series LOUIS THEROUX PRESENTS. Then, see how one man’s mystical vision and discovery of an Italian language Bible led to the revival of Judaism in a small Catholic town in southern Italy more than 500 years after the Spanish Inquisition, in THE MYSTERY OF SAN NICANDRO, airing Sunday, November 18 at 8 p.m. ET.
LOUIS THEROUX PRESENTS
Tuesdays at 9 p.m. ET starting Nov. 13 on documentary
Louis Theroux is a BBC television presenter best known for making documentaries that investigate fascinating worlds and lifestyles. This November, documentary channel presents the nine-part series LOUIS THEROUX PRESENTS, showcasing a diverse spectrum of Theroux’s intriguing investigative works, including 3 new episodes LOUIS THEROUX: TWILIGHT OF PORN STARS, LOUIS THEROUX: EXTREME LOVE - AUTISM, LOUIS THEROUX: EXTREME LOVE - DEMENTIA.
LOUIS THEROUX: TWILIGHT OF PORN STARS
Tuesday, Nov. 13 at 9 p.m. ET on documentary
In 1997, Louis Theroux made a documentary about the world of male porn performers in Los Angeles. 15 years later, he returns to find a business struggling with the deluge of free porn on the Internet. Louis revisits some of the original program contributors as well as meeting the latest crop of porn performers dreaming of stardom.
LOUIS THEROUX: EXTREME LOVE - AUTISM
Tuesday, Nov. 27 at 9 p.m. ET on documentary
Louis visits one of the best schools in America for autism. He meets the students and their families to get a glimpse of what life is like for them and to experience the pleasures and the strains of one of the most extraordinary kinds of relationship.
LOUIS THEROUX: EXTREME LOVE - DEMENTIA
Tuesday, December 4 at 9 p.m. ET on documentary
Louis travels to Phoenix, Arizona - the capital of dementia care. He spends time at Beatitudes, a residential institution, and also with those looking after loved ones at home to try to understand the struggle of living in a world of encroaching shadows - and of keeping relationships alive in circumstances that can be among the strangest and most challenging imaginable.
THE MYSTERY OF SAN NICANDRO
Airs Sunday, Nov. 18 at 8 p.m. ET on documentary
VIDEO: Click here to view the official trailer of THE MYSTERY OF SAN NICANDRO
THE MYSTERY OF SAN NICANDRO at first glance is a compelling story that unfolded in Fascist Italy, of a simple Italian man, Donato Manduzio who had a mystical vision. This vision and the discovery of an Italian language Bible left behind in a small Catholic town, resulted in the only mass conversion to Judaism in modern history. Today, there is an extraordinary revival of Judaism in Catholic southern Italy - synagogues have opened in Calabria and Sicily for the first time in 500 years - centuries after the Spanish Inquisition forced Jewish communities to convert to Catholicism or flee. North Americans are fuelling this revival as they travel to the most Catholic country to explore their Jewish roots.
About documentary
documentary is a digital television station devoted to showing the best documentaries from Canada and around the world. With its special emphasis on feature length films, watching documentary is like having a cinema in your own living room, showing award winning films 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. The Corporation is a leader in reaching Canadians on new platforms and delivers a comprehensive range of radio, television, Internet, and satellite-based services. Deeply rooted in the regions, CBC/Radio-Canada is the only domestic broadcaster to offer diverse regional and cultural perspectives in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages, plus five languages for international audiences. In 2011, CBC/Radio-Canada celebrated 75 years of serving Canadians and being at the centre of the democratic, social and cultural life of Canada.
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For further information, or to request interviews for Louis Theroux Presents, contact:
Corey Black, News and Current Affairs Publicist, CBC
o) 416-205-8710
c) 647-221-4133
For further information, or to request interviews for The Mystery of San Nicandro contact:
Jill Spitz, Publicist, 416.482.1370
