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coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the signing of the United States Declaration of Independence
The April 3, 2026 release date does not line up with the Declaration’s 250th anniversary. The Declaration was adopted on July 4, 1776, and the engrossed copy was signed beginning on August 2, 1776.
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This date claim is contradicted by the historical record.
- The article says the film's April 3, 2026 release was "coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the signing" of the Declaration.
- But the U.S. National Archives states that the Declaration was officially adopted on July 4, 1776 and that the document was signed by most members on August 2, 1776.
- That means the 250th anniversary of adoption falls on July 4, 2026, and the 250th anniversary of the signing falls on August 2, 2026 — not April 3, 2026.
- The film's own December 2025 press release also describes the release only as arriving "amid America's 250th anniversary celebration," not on the anniversary of the Declaration's signing.
So the release may be part of the broader America 250 celebration, but it does not coincide with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration's signing.
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- Creating the Declaration: A Timeline | National Archives
July 4, 1776: Declaration of Independence Adopted & Printed ... August 2, 1776: Declaration Signed. The document was signed by most of the members on August 2.
- ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT 'A GREAT AWAKENING' FROM SIGHT & SOUND, COMING TO THEATERS APRIL 3, 2026
Sight & Sound has released the official teaser trailer and poster for A GREAT AWAKENING, set to open in movie theatres April 3, 2026, amid America's 250th anniversary celebration.
in 1789, he does turn to God in Christ and then goes on to call the Constitutional Convention to pray to God.
The article gives the wrong year for Franklin’s Convention prayer appeal. The Constitutional Convention took place in 1787, not 1789, and the film’s own production notes place that scene in 1787.
Full reasoning
The date in this sentence is inconsistent with both the historical record and the film's official production notes.
- The U.S. National Archives states that the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia from May 14 to September 17, 1787.
- The film's official production notes likewise say: "The story unfolds through the lens of the Constitutional Convention of 1787" and describe Franklin delivering a speech at that Convention calling the assembly to prayer.
- Because the Convention scene is explicitly set in 1787, the article's statement that Franklin does this "in 1789" is incorrect.
So this is not a minor wording issue: the specific year attached to the Convention prayer scene is wrong by two years.
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- Records of the Continental and Confederation Congresses and the Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention, attended by delegates from each of the states except Rhode Island, met in Philadelphia, May 14-September 17, 1787.
- A GREAT AWAKENING Production Notes
The story unfolds through the lens of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ... an aging Benjamin Franklin rises to deliver one of the most unexpected speeches of the Convention — calling the divided assembly to prayer.