TV series
The Silk Road
2017 · 1 season
A calm, curious travelogue that wanders through landscapes and conversations, teaching history gently without drama or hurry.
- Created by
- Xavier Lefebvre
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Alfred de Montesquiou
- Overview
- Alfred de Montesquiou, a war correspondent for the Associated Press news agency and a journalist for Paris Match – for which he has covered most of the Arab Spring revolutions – will be our knowledge broker along the Silk Road, the mythical network of trade routes that for centuries linked the Far East to the West. Follow in the footsteps of illustrious predecessors, from Alexander the Great to Marco Polo. Journey through time, encountering specialists, historians, or just everyday people with a passion who will help you grasp the past and present identities of those countries. From Bursa in Turkey to Xi’an in China, Alfred guides and accompanies you in this fresh and original way to discover History.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Exploration, memory, identity, class
- Content
- No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Xavier Lefebvre
- Genres
- Documentary
- Starring
- Alfred de Montesquiou
