Benjamin Franklin (film)

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| genre = Documentary

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| writer = Dayton Duncan

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| director = Ken Burns

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| narrated = Peter Coyote

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| country = United States

| language = English

| num_episodes = 2

| producer = Ken Burns
David Schmidt

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| runtime = 230 minutes

| company = Florentine Films
WETA-TV

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| network = PBS

| first_aired = {{Start date|2022|4|4}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2022|4|5}}

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Benjamin Franklin is a 2022 two-part American documentary film directed and produced by Ken Burns that first aired on PBS on April 4 and 5, 2022.{{cite web |title=Benjamin Franklin - A Ken Burns Film |url=https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/benjamin-franklin/ |website=PBS |access-date=6 April 2022}} The film chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin, a polymath and Founding Father of the United States. The film is narrated by Peter Coyote and Mandy Patinkin stars as the voice of Franklin. Other voice actors starring in the film include Josh Lucas, Liam Neeson, and Paul Giamatti; Giamatti reprises his role as John Adams from the eponymous HBO miniseries.{{cite news |last1=Ingram |first1=Hunter |title=Ken Burns explores the virtues, vices of Benjamin Franklin in his latest PBS documentary |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2022/04/04/ken-burns-why-benjamin-franklin-fascinating-documentary-subject/7219680001/ |access-date=6 April 2022 |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |date=4 April 2022}}