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Luther and His Legacy
UNITED KINGDOM · 2017

Luther and His Legacy

Peter Greenaway
Martin Luther Reformation legacy Digital literacy Media distribution 16th-century art history
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Synopsis

A personal essay on the legacy of Martin Luther on the basis of 16th-Century drawings and paintings where the director draws parallels with today's communication explosion/distribution of "news" and the necessity to be digitally literate.

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