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Conversations on Franklin: Franklin and Innovation
Join hour-long discussions with Ken Burns and special guests, featuring clips from the two-part series, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.
7 p.m.
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.
This event will feature clips from the documentary and a live discussion with Ken Burns; Walter Isaacson, author of "Benjamin Franklin: An American Life;" and Stacy Schiff, author of "A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America." Moderated by Stephanie Mehta, Chief Content Officer, Mansueto.