Documentary series · arte.tv
Is It True That...?
A New Way of Demystifying History
The story
What it's about
Did democracy actually originate in Greece? Was the plague the worst epidemic of all time? And did we really work harder in the past than we do today? Is it true that ...? questions what we think we know and takes another look at history.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jakob SchmidtProducer
- Jannis FunkProducer
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