The National Parks: America's Best Idea
On PBS
A sweeping, visually magnificent documentary celebrating the people and ideals behind America's national parks, structured as a meditation on conservation, democracy, and humanity's relationship with nature.
Filmed over the course of more than six years at 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 National Parks: 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.
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Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea scary? No. Less frightening than 92% of series.
Does The National Parks: America's Best Idea leave you hopeful? Yes, very. More hopeful than 92% of series.
Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea violent? Barely. Less violent than 89% of series.
Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 86% of series.
Is The National Parks: America's Best Idea sad? Not especially. Less sad than 68% of series.
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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
