Benjamin Franklin

2022

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Benjamin Franklin

8.3 | TV-PG | en | Documentary

Explore the revolutionary life of one of the 18th century’s most consequential and compelling personalities, whose work and words unlocked the mystery of electricity and helped create the United States.

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EP1 Join or Die (1706-1774)

Apr. 04,2022

After building a printing empire in Philadelphia with his wife Deborah, Benjamin Franklin gains worldwide fame from electricity experiments, then spends years in London trying to keep Britain and America together as his family comes apart.

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EP2 An American (1775-1790)

Apr. 05,2022

In wartime Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin helps Thomas Jefferson craft the Declaration of Independence. In Paris, he wins French support for the American Revolution. Back home, he works on the Constitution of the new United States.

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8.3 | TV-PG | en | Documentary | More Info

Released: 2022-04-04 | Released Producted By: Florentine Films , Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.pbs.org/show/benjamin-franklin/

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Documentary

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Benjamin Franklin (2022) is now streaming with subscription on PBS America

Cast

Peter Coyote , Mandy Patinkin , Josh Lucas , Liam Neeson

Director

Christopher Loren Ewers

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Florentine Films ,

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Peter Coyote

as Narrator (voice)

The Atomic Bowl: Football at Ground Zero -- And Nuclear Peril Today The American Revolution Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters O Mother Gaia: The World of Gary Snyder Bad Faith The Program L'Amérique face à l'Holocauste Against All Enemies Fields of Gold The American Buffalo

Mandy Patinkin

as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

The Artist Harry Chapin - Cat’s in the Cradle: The Song That Changed Our Lives Rob Reiner – Scenes from a Life Death and Other Details The Magician's Elephant Indivisible: Healing Hate Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration A Virtual Princess Bride Reunion

Josh Lucas

as William Franklin (voice)

Queen of the Ring The Map That Leads to You Palm Royale Blood for Dust The Black Demon Benjamin Franklin Long Slow Exhale Benjamin Franklin The Forever Purge The Secret: Dare to Dream

Liam Neeson

as Alexander Wedderburn / Ambassador Lord Stormont (voice)

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