The National Parks: America’s Best Idea

THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEADate: September 27 – October 2

Time: 8:00 p.m. ET

Location: Broadcast via PBS

Contact: http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/

Complete Description:

PBS will air the new Ken Burns documentary series, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA’S BEST IDEA, in fall 2009. The 12-hour, six-part documentary series, directed by Burns and co-produced with his longtime colleague, Dayton Duncan, who also wrote the script, is the story of an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence and just as radical: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. As such, it follows in the tradition of Burns’s exploration of other American inventions, such as baseball and jazz.

Preview available at http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/