{"id":41646,"date":"2026-02-26T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/?p=41646"},"modified":"2026-02-26T09:29:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:29:41","slug":"a-great-awakening-highlights-the-friendship-between-george-whitefield-and-benjamin-franklin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/a-great-awakening-highlights-the-friendship-between-george-whitefield-and-benjamin-franklin\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Great Awakening\u201d Highlights the Friendship Between George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The historical drama <strong>A Great Awakening<\/strong> explores the relationship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin during a pivotal period in early American history. The film is directed by <strong>Joshua Enck<\/strong> and written by <strong>Jeff Bender, Joshua Enck, and Jonathan Blair<\/strong>. It is produced by <strong>Troy Thorne<\/strong> and <strong>Steve Buckwalter<\/strong>, with a cast led by <strong>John Paul Sneed<\/strong> and <strong>Jonathan Blair<\/strong>. The feature has a runtime of <strong>129 minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A GREAT AWAKENING | Official Trailer\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H4-rMC88ylQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The film recounts the true story of the unlikely friendship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin. As the American colonies face instability, Whitefield\u2019s sermons spark the First Great Awakening, uniting communities through messages of faith and liberty. Franklin becomes one of Whitefield\u2019s closest allies and most influential supporters. The story follows the founders as they confront the idea that national freedom requires more than laws\u2014it must take root in the hearts of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41647\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:contain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-1383x2048.jpg 1383w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-660x978.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/GAW_194.1_PRINT_FINAL_27x40_300dpi_V5.0_TypeCropped_2MB-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The historical drama A Great Awakening explores the relationship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin during a pivotal period in early American history. The film is directed by Joshua Enck and written by Jeff Bender, Joshua Enck, and Jonathan Blair. It is produced by Troy Thorne and Steve Buckwalter, with a cast led by\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/a-great-awakening-highlights-the-friendship-between-george-whitefield-and-benjamin-franklin\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":41647,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,4,4396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-trailers","category-movies","category-trailers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/48"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41646"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41662,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41646\/revisions\/41662"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smartcine.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}