Hi there r/films, we're Erik Ewers & Christopher Loren Ewers.
We're the administrators of the brand new PBS movie HENRY DAVID THOREAU. It's produced by Ken Burns & Don Henley
It's a 3-part, 3-hour documentary that premiered yesterday (Monday 3/30) and could be watched right here:
HENRY DAVID THOREAU examines the life and work of the Nineteenth-century author within the context of antebellum New England and the bigger United States, in addition to by the common themes he targeted on in his writings: a person’s relationship to the state, tips on how to stay an genuine life, our connection to nature, and the influence of race on American life. Set towards the political and social tensions of the mid-Nineteenth century, the movie traces Thoreau’s journey from his early days in Harmony, Massachusetts to his deep engagement with the ethical crises of his time, together with industrialization, slavery, conflict, and environmental degradation. By way of his essays, journals, and landmark works resembling Walden and Civil Disobedience, he grew to become an inspiration for generations of writers, thinkers, and activists.
HENRY DAVID THOREAU is narrated by George Clooney and voices are supplied by Ted Danson (Ralph Waldo Emerson), Tate Donovan (William Ellery Channing), Jeff Goldblum (Henry David Thoreau), and Meryl Streep (Lidian Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Mary Merrick Brooks, and Maria Thoreau).
The movie attracts on a wealthy assortment of archival supplies, newly filmed cinematography in Harmony and past, and interviews with students, writers, and environmentalists. Among the many folks featured within the movie are Pico Iyer, Douglas Brinkley, Lois Brown, Kristen Case, Laura Dassow Partitions, Clay Jenkinson, Robin Kimmerer, J. Drew Lanham, Invoice McKibben, Michael Pollan, Rebecca Solnit, and extra.
Ask us something! We will probably be again later immediately, Tuesday 3/31, to reply any query you might have. (and we could also be again all through the week as properly!
