Ken Burns Film: America's Best Idea
America's Best Idea
"The National Parks: America's Best Idea" is a six-episode series directed by documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and written and co-produced by historian Dayton Duncan. It premieres on PBS stations each evening from
September 27th through October 2nd.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature's most spectacular locales, America's Best Idea is nonetheless a story of people: people from every conceivable background — rich and poor; famous and unknown; soldiers and scientists; natives and newcomers; idealists, artists and entrepreneurs; people who were willing to devote themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved, and in doing so reminded their fellow citizens of the full meaning of democracy.
