Roadside Attractions is out with Sight & Sound’s latest, A Great Awakening, by Joshua Enck, on 1,289 screens. Timed to the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — a yearlong celebration — and hitting on Easter, the true story of an unlikely friendship between Benjamin Franklin (John Paul Sneed) and the Reverend George Whitefield (Jonathan Blair) is set in the years leading up to independence. Whitefield, one of the most influential public figures of the 18th century, and printer, thinker and founding father Franklin formed a bond rooted in shared concern for the future of the colonies. A collaboration of revival sermons and printing presses helped unify disparate communities.
Sight & Sound is a highly successful live theater company with stages in Lancaster, Pa. and Branson, Mo. that puts on faith-based musicals to sellout crowds. Noah Live!, the film capture of a Bible show, was released through Fathom last fall.
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