About this episode

This episode features a discussion with director Joshua Enck about the film A GREAT AWAKENING, which explores the friendship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin during a pivotal moment in American history.

As promised, this week on BEHIND THE LENS, we’re talking about the religious-themed, historical drama A GREAT AWAKENING. Brought to us by director/co-writer Joshua Enck and those terrific folks at Sight & Sound, A GREAT AWAKENING tells the true story of an unlikely friendship between Reverend George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin that resulted in one of the most defining moments in American history - the American Revolution. The film is enlightening, eye-opening, engrossing, and entertaining. It is beyond immersive, visually and emotionally. With the colonies on the brink of collapse in 1739, the Reverend George Whitefield sparked the first Great Awakening, uniting an entire generation with his thundering proclamation of liberty in Christ. In a miraculous turn of events, one of Whitefield’s closest friends and greatest promoters becomes none other than Benjamin Franklin. With the nation’s freedom hanging in the balance, Franklin discovers true liberty cannot only be written into law - it must be awakened in the hearts of the people. Directed by Joshua Enck and co-written by Enck, Jeff Bender, and Jonathan Blair, A GREAT AWAKENING stars Jonathan Blair as George Whitefield…

People in this episode

Host: btlradioshow

Guest: Joshua Enck

Topics covered

• historical drama
• religion
• American history
• liberty
• friendship

Keywords

• A GREAT AWAKENING
• Joshua Enck
• George Whitefield
• Benjamin Franklin
• American Revolution
• historical drama
• liberty
• Sight & Sound

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sight & Sound

Books & works: A GREAT AWAKENING

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