Actor and narrator Adam Arkin talks about his collaborations with filmmaker Ken Burns, and a recent trip to a national park in Hawaii in an interview before a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Arkin and a variety of performers and musicians participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Park Ranger Shelton Johnson talks about his love for Yellowstone National Park in an interview before a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Johnson and a variety of performers and musicians participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Counting Crows singer Adam Duritz talks about Ken Burns, and his favorite documentaries in this interview before performing in a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Duritz and a variety of other musicians participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Gerard Baker, superintendent of Mount Rushmore, talks about his life in the parks, and his heritage. Baker spoke shortly before a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. A variety of musicians participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Singer Alison Krauss describes an important and scarring memory of a bird and a national park in this interview before performing in a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Krauss and a variety of other musicians participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Singer Jose Feliciano recounts some of his favorite park-related memories, shortly before performing in a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Feliciano and a variety of other musicians are participated in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Folk singer Peter Yarrow talks about why he feels strongly about participating in a concert in New York's Central Park in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. Yarrow and other a variety of other musicians are participating in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Songwriter Gavin DeGraw talks about his love for National Parks on the eve of a concert in New York's Central Park in Sept. 2009 in celebration of the Ken Burns documentary series THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA. DeGraw and other a variety of other musicians are participating in the Central Park concert. For more information about THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA's BEST IDEA go to http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Many American families have a national park that is special to them. For writer Terry Tempest Williams and her family, Grand Teton is the park that has a special place in their hearts; she shares the stories of her family's connection to the landscape from generation to generation. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, features a description by Mark Twain of the magnificence of seeing a volcano's fire trails of lava against a black abyss. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
In Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, Carl Pope, executive director of the Sierra Club, talks about a time when he was hiking in the pine forests of Rocky Mountain National Park. Pope has worked with the Sierra Club for almost 30 years and has helped the organization protect almost 10 million acres of wilderness. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
For writer Ruth Kirk, one of the best ways to truly experience the Grand Canyon is to float down the Colorado River and view the magnificent canyon from within. In Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, she describes the impact the Grand Canyon has had on her and why she is always struck by its beauty. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
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For journalist Juanita Greene, Everglades National Park is a magical place. She believes that a national park is a place where people have an opportunity to be a part of nature. In Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, she describes floating around in a little boat on the tranquil waters and watching the birds as the closest thing to heaven on earth. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
A clip from the Tavis Smiley Show, which can now be seen weekdays at 2pm on WPBT2, features Ken Burns, the producer of National Parks (premiering on September 28 on WPBT2). They are discussing "Into The Wild" and original WPBT production, premiering on September 24 at 7:30pm or visit the website here.
Historian Paul Schullery and former National Park Service director George Hartzog describe the power of the national parks in Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICAS BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks.
Starts Sunday, Sept. 27 Oct. 2 Ken Burns reveals the history and splendor of, and public passion for, our national parks.This six-part series by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan tells the story of a radical idea: that the most special places in the nation should be preserved for everyone. From Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades to the Gates of the Arctic, the series explores the stories of the people who devoted themselves to saving some precious portion of the land they loved. http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT, relates the harrowing story of Vermonter Truman C. Everts, who gets separated from an expedition in Yellowstone. He is found 37 days later, but is he alive? For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
At the entrance to Yellowstone National Park is a stone arch inscribed with the words "For the benefit and enjoyment of the people." Park ranger Shelton Johnson discusses his arrival at this famed archway and what those words mean to him in Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
Author Bill Cronon discusses the impact that cars had on family vacations taken in the parks in the 1950s in this clip from Ken Burns's newest film, THE NATIONAL PARKS: AMERICA'S BEST IDEA, premiering Sunday-Friday, September 27-October 2, 2009, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. For more information on the film, visit http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks
