Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns

Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns

Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores 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. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both.
IMDb 8.3/102022
DocumentaryHistoricalSmart
DocumentaryHistoricalSmart
IMDb 8.3/102022
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Benjamin Franklin: A Film by Ken Burns
DocumentaryHistoricalSmart
IMDb 8.3/102022
Ken Burns’s four-hour documentary, Benjamin Franklin, explores 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. “Write things worth reading,” he said in Poor Richard’s Almanack, “or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin did both.
Creators and Cast
Directors
Ken Burns
Producers
Ken BurnsDavid Schmidt
Cast
Peter CoyoteMandy PatinkinCarolyn McCormackJosh LucasLiam NeesonDavid QuayCraig MellishPaul GiamattiJoe MortonAdam ArkinTony Beck
Studio
PBS
Content advisory
13+
smokingfoul languageFlashing lights and strobing patterns might affect photosensitive viewers
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