DANTE: Inferno to Paradise chronicles the life, work and legacy of the great 14th century Florentine poet, Dante Alighieri, and his epic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, one of the greatest achievements in the history of Western Literature.

DANTE explores the stunning power and drama of Dante Alighieri's great masterwork, The Divine Comedy - inarguably one of the greatest artistic masterpieces in the history of literature. The documentary by Ric Burns dives into the riveting life and times of the poem's maker - into the politics and culture of the late middle ages - into the birth of the Italian language - into the birth of humanism itself.