TV series

Benjamin Franklin

2022 · 1 season

A stately, voice-driven history lesson that moves at a calm documentary pace, rich in letters and period detail, more illuminating than gripping.

Created by: Ken Burns
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Peter Coyote, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Lucas

Overview: 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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Created by: Ken Burns
Genres: Documentary
Starring: Peter Coyote, Mandy Patinkin, Josh Lucas

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Tone: earneststrength 3 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: ambition
science
politics
identity
freedom
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Humour	3
Realism	9
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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