(Morgan Freeman)
Who is God? Where did we come from? Why does evil
happen? What happens when we die? Every human being on earth has asked
themselves these questions at some point, and most likely each person has found
a different answer.
National Geographic Channel and Revelation
Entertainment’s epic six-part series, The
Story of God with Morgan Freeman, produced by Freeman, Lori McCreary and
James Younger, will take viewers on a trip around the world to explore
different cultures and religions on the ultimate quest to uncover the meaning
of life, God and all these big questions in between.
Although in the current geopolitical landscape,
religion is often seen as something that divides, the series illuminates the
remarkable similarities among different faiths, even those that seem to be in
staunch contrast. This is a quest for God: to shed light on the questions that
have puzzled, terrified and inspired mankind, not to mention Freeman himself.
“Over the past few months, I’ve travelled to nearly 20
cities in seven different countries on a personal journey to find answers to
the big mysteries of faith,” said Freeman. “I’ve sung the call to prayer at a
mosque in Cairo, taken meditation lessons from the Buddhist leader of the
oldest line of reincarnating Lamas, discussed Galileo with the head of the
Papal Academy of Sciences and explored the first instructions for the afterlife
rendered in hieroglyphs inside the pyramids. In some places I found answers,
and others led to more questions. The constant through it all is that we’re all
looking to be part of something bigger than us. If there’s one thing I’ve
learned, it’s that we certainly are.”
Premiering April 3 at 20h05 on DStv Channel 181, The Story of God with Morgan Freeman seeks to understand how religion has
evolved throughout the course of civilisation, and in turn how religion has
shaped the evolution of society.
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