Culture/Valencian Community/València
À Punt marks 750 years since the death of Jaume I with a documentary on the “medieval influencer”
The Valencian broadcaster looks at how the conqueror king built his own story, and why it still shapes the region.
LFLucía Ferrer, culture editor
· 2 min
- What
- Documentary “Jaume I, l'influencer medieval”
- Who
- Produced by À Punt
- Why now
- 750th anniversary of Jaume I's death (27 July 1276)
- Where
- Valencian Community
- Region
- Valencian Community
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À Punt, the Valencian public broadcaster, has premiered “Jaume I, l'influencer medieval”, a documentary for the 750th anniversary of the death of King Jaume I, who died on 27 July 1276.1
The film starts in the 21st century and travels back to the 13th to ask why the king, who conquered Valencia, is still a living figure for many Valencians. It argues that Jaume I used writing and his public image to shape how later generations would see him.1
Historians, real places and some AI
The documentary combines interviews with historians and specialists, filming at real locations and the use of artificial intelligence as a storytelling and teaching tool. Rather than only showing the king, it presents him as someone who watches his own life unfold.1
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Lucía Ferrer is a culture editor based in Barcelona. Lucía has covered film festivals and the Catalan music scene for twelve years, first for local radio and later as a freelance critic.