Filmed over the course of more than six years at some of nature’s most spectacular locales, The National Parks: America’s Best Idea is a six-part, 12-hour documentary series by Ken Burns and his longtime colleague Dayton Duncan on the history of America’s national parks. With its marathon run on American public television now complete, it’s now available on Blu-ray and DVD.
This is a compelling tale to tell of greed, politics, violence and spirituality, and Burns, who has devoted his career to producing historical cultural sagas for U.S. public television, does so with his usual flair and high standards. Filmed all over the United States from Alaska to the Florida Everglades, it explores an idea as uniquely American as the Declaration of Independence: American taxpayers should own their nation’s natural splendor.
Even without a fascinating back story, the high-definition photography alone would be enough for most viewers. The stories Burns delivers simply complete the picture.
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