{"id":22477,"date":"2025-04-11T09:44:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T13:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hemisphere-picks-up-pope-francis-biographical-film-miniseries\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T12:11:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T16:11:21","slug":"hemisphere-picks-up-pope-francis-biographical-film-miniseries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hemisphere-picks-up-pope-francis-biographical-film-miniseries\/","title":{"rendered":"Hemisphere Picks Up Pope Francis Biographical Film &#038; Miniseries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hemisphere Media Group has acquired the exclusive rights for <em>Francisco, El Jesuita<\/em>, which traces the life of Pope Francis, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n<p>The film will air on WAPA-TV on April 18 and Cinelatino on April 19. The biographical miniseries will air in the U.S. on WAPA Am\u00e9rica and Cinelatino and will be released on AVOD on ViX, The Roku Channel and Tubi.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Anima Films in collaboration with History Channel, <em>Francisco, El Jesuita<\/em> was the winner of the International Emmy Award for best non-English language U.S. prime-time program in 2016. It is based on the book <em>El Jesuita: Conversaciones con el Cardenal Jorge Bergoglio<\/em> by journalists Francesca Ambrogetti and Sergio Rub\u00edn, telling the story of Jorge Mario Bergoglio\u2019s extraordinary journey from humble beginnings in Argentina to becoming the first Latin American pope in history.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition underscores Hemisphere\u2019s commitment to bringing timely, high-caliber, culturally significant content to Hispanic audiences in the U.S. and Puerto Rico,\u201d said Alan Sokol, president and CEO of Hemisphere Media Group. \u201c<em>Francisco, El Jesuita<\/em> is a compelling and timely production that sheds light on the life and legacy of one of the most influential figures in the modern world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemisphere Media Group has acquired the exclusive rights for Francisco, El Jesuita, which traces the life of Pope Francis, in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":22478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[2026,10469,848,1211,5769],"class_list":["post-22477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-cinelatino","tag-francisco-el-jesuita","tag-hemisphere-media-group","tag-wapa-america","tag-wapa-tv","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hemisphere Picks Up Pope Francis Biographical Film &amp; 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