More than 200 people from around the region attended WTVI’s free, special preview screening of Ken Burns’s new documentary The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, Thursday, September 17 at the Mint Museum of Art.
Filmed over the course of more than six years in some of nature’s most spectacular locales — from Acadia to Yosemite, Yellowstone to the Grand Canyon, the Everglades of Florida to the Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, the narrative traces the birth of the national park idea in the mid-1800s and follows its evolution for nearly 150 years. Burns uses archival photographs, first-person accounts of historical characters, personal memories and analysis from more than 40 interviews, combined with stunning cinematography.
To kick off the evening, WTVI announced four winners of its national parks personal story and photo contest, including Hickory Grove Baptist Christian School chemistry teacher Larry McAfee. McAfee participated in the National Park Service’s Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program in Badlands National Park this past summer. The winners received gift baskets including the The National Parks: America’s Best Idea companion book by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns.
“We look forward to sharing this amazing educational and cultural masterpiece with the people in our region,” says Beverly Dorn-Steele, WTVI’s Director of Community Engagement.
WTVI will air the six-part, 12-hour series over six nights, from Monday, September 28 to Saturday, October 3, 2009 at 8 p.m. each evening. Printed and online educational materials created around the film are available to support formal and informal classroom settings with lesson plans and hands-on learning activities.
Visit www.wtvi.org for details on the program.
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