A very cool event started last night: The National Parks Service screening all six nights of Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea” at Fort Christianvaern in Christiansted. The screenings will all be outside, at the gazebo, weather permitting, and if it happens to be a rainy night, the screening will be happening indoors at the Fort. “The National Parks” is a six part mini-series directed by Oscar-nominated, Emmy-award winning director Ken Burns (”Baseball,” “The Civil War”) and filmed over six years at some of the most stunning natural locations in the U.S. Not onlys is it about the the parks themselves, but also about people- the ones who fought to save the save the land and preserve the spectacular natural beauty of this country.
The screenings will be at 8 pm and will go for six consectutive nights, ending on October 2nd. “The National Parks” will be airing on PBS at the same time, but can you imagine a better setting to celebrate our parks than in the glow of Christiansted harbor?
Also, the new program “Rediscover St. Croix,” hosted by Neil Bruce, will be airing on PBS (Channel 12) right before “The National Parks” at 7 pm, so be sure to check out this new, locally produced program. Check out PBS.org for more information about “The National Parks” and watch the trailer at http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
