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History enthusiasts will find a compelling reason to visit the cinema this weekend with the release of A Great Awakening, a fresh historical drama spotlighting Benjamin Franklin and George Whitefield. The film debuts just in time to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States Declaration of Independence.
The film, directed by Joshua Enck, who collaborated on the screenplay with Jeff Bender and Jonathan Blair, features John Paul Sneed as the multi-faceted Benjamin Franklin—intellectual, inventor, scientist, and a pivotal Founding Father of America. Jonathan Blair takes on the role of Reverend George Whitefield, a key figure in the evangelical movement and a notable friend of Franklin. The narrative explores the dynamics of their friendship and their influential roles in the Great Awakening religious movement.
With a cast that includes Josh Bates as Alexander Hamilton, Stephen Foster Harris as William Blount, Zac Johnson as Caleb Strong, and Matt Meyer as Robert Yates, A Great Awakening is poised to become a staple in A.P. U.S. History classrooms nationwide. For those preferring the comfort of home over a theater seat, the film’s streaming availability is a topic of keen interest.
Where to watch the Benjamin Franklin movie A Great Awakening:
Currently, A Great Awakening is exclusively available in theaters, with its U.S. premiere set for Friday, April 3. To catch a screening nearby, moviegoers can check showtimes on Fandango. As of now, the film is not accessible online or through streaming platforms.
Is A Great Awakening movie streaming on Netflix or Prime Video?
While A Great Awakening is not available on Netflix or Prime Video, there is a possibility it may eventually find its way to Netflix. However, this won’t happen in the near future. The film is an independent production distributed by Roadside Attractions, who has a distribution arrangement with Hulu. This means Hulu will have exclusive streaming rights to A Great Awakening once it completes its theatrical run, entering the “Pay 1” window.
You will be able to purchase A Great Awakening on Prime Video eventually, when the movie becomes available to buy and rent on digital, but you will not be able to stream A Great Awakening for free on Prime Video any time soon, because it is not a Prime original movie. If you want to watch A Great Awakening movie at home, you’ll have to wait for the film to be available to buy or rent on digital platforms, or wait for it to stream on Hulu.
If you’re new to Hulu, you can get started with a 30-day free trial on the streamer’s basic (with ads) plan. After the trial period, you’ll pay $10.99/month. If you want to upgrade to Hulu ad-free, it costs $18.99/month.
If you want to stream even more and save a few bucks a month while you’re at it, we recommend subscribing to one of the Disney+ Bundles, all of which include Hulu. These bundles start at $12.99/month for ad-supported Disney+ and Hulu and goes up to $32.99/month for Disney+, Hulu, and Max, all ad-free.
When will A Great Awakening movie release on digital?
A Great Awakening movie digital release date has not yet been announced. However, we can make an educated guess as to when we might see A Great Awakening on video-on-demand, based on the digital release of previous films from Roadside Attractions.
Another Roadside Attractions movie, H is for Hawk, was released on digital platforms about one month after opening in theaters. If A Great Awakening follows a similar pattern, you might seethe movie on video-on-demand in about one month, around early May 2026. That said, other Roadside movies have taken two months to come to digital, so you might be waiting until June.
After A Great Awakening releases on digital, we expect to see the movie streaming on Hulu.
When will A Great Awakening movie be streaming on Hulu?
A Great Awakening movie is not currently streaming on Hulu, but we do expect to see A Great Awakening on Hulu sometime in the next six months, because the film’s distributor, Roadside Attractions, has had an output deal with Hulu since 2022, which means Hulu has the exclusive streaming rights to Roadside films during the post-theatrical Pay 1 window.
There is no official A Great Awakening Hulu release date yet, but based on past releases—like The Surfer, whic began streaming on Hulu about five months after the movie opened in theaters—we can guess that A Great Awakening will stream on Hulu in about five months, around early September 2026.
But this is all speculation. If you want to see A Great Awakening right away, you can catch the movie in a theater.
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