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Getting as close to objectivity as possible is a quality that is important to the channel and the journalism at the heart of its programming it’s also a characteristic High says she’s looking for in future productions. The film – a follow-up to GA&A’s 2013 doc The Pope and I – also appealed to Al Jazeera America because of its onus on facts. Things that were interesting, but depending on where you’re coming from, surprising.” “I’ve been in journalism for a long time and stay abreast of the news, and there were some things revealed in it that even I didn’t know about. “I think what Holy Money will do is shed some light on things happening inside the church that people don’t know about,” explains High. Shannon High, SVP of programs and development for Al Jazeera America – which launched August 2013 – says the channel wasn’t specifically looking to secure an international copro, but felt Holy Money was “very much a part of the Al Jazeera DNA.” The doc exposes the extent of the Catholic Church’s turbulent relationship with money, through cases such as a monsignor arrested for money laundering, and reports of embezzlement of Sunday donations.

and Italy despite allegations of numerous financial crimes. Led by University College London historian John Dickie, Holy Money tackles the world’s richest religious institution, which receives international donations and owns extensive real estate in countries such as the U.S. It aired earlier this month in Canada via the CBC’s ‘Passionate Eye’ doc strand and in Europe via ARTE. Produced by Rome-based GA&A Productions, the doc was co-produced with German net ZDF/ARTE and Al Jazeera America and supported by broadcasters such as Belgium’s VRT, Canada’s CBC and SRC, Sweden’s SVT, Denmark’s DR and Switzerland’s RTS. The Vatican’s financial scandals and Pope Francis’s mission to renew faith in the Catholic Church are the focus of Al Jazeera America’s first international co-production, the 60-minute documentary Holy Money, airing March 30.

Freeway crack in the system documentary al jazeera