| Benjamin Franklin: Season 1 | |||||
| Florentine Films (2022) | |||||
| TV Series / Documentary, History, Biography | |||||
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| Liam Neeson | Alexander Wedderburn | |
| Josh Lucas | William Franklin | |
| Peter Coyote | Narrator | |
| Mandy Patinkin | Benjamin Franklin | |
| Paul Giamatti | John Adams | |
| Joe Morton | William Bradford | |
| Adam Arkin | Elkanah Watson | |
| Carolyn McCormick | Deborah Franklin | |
| Tony Beck | Marquis de Lafayette | |
| H.W. Brands | Self / author of 'The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin' | |
| Clay Jenkinson | Self / historian | |
| Joseph Ellis | Self / historian | |
| William Leuchtenburg | Self | |
| Stacy Schiff | Self / author | |
| Erica Armstrong Dunbar | Self / historian |
| Director |
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| Producer |
David P. Schmidt
Ken Burns |
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| Writer |
Dayton Duncan
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| Cinematography |
Buddy Squires
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Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential figures, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States. |
| 115 mins 4/4/2022 1. Join or Die (1706-1774) | |
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Benjamin Franklin leaves Boston and reinvents himself in Philadelphia where he builds a printing empire. Turning to science, his experiments in electricity earn him worldwide fame. In London he tries to build relationships.
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| 4/5/2022 2. An American (1775-1790) | |
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Franklin returns to wartime Philadelphia and joins Congress. He helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution then negotiates a peace treaty with Britain.
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