Gatlinburg to Offer Public Preview of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea Documentary
by Jeff on July 28, 2009
in Communities, Entertainment, Events, G.S.M.N.P.
Film maker Ken Burn’s latest documentary, National Parks – America’s Best Idea is set to air on PBS starting September 27th, but visitors to Gatlinburg will have an opportunity to see a complimentary preview of the film is summer.
The Gatlinburg Office of Special Events and Ripley’s Aquarium of the Smokies will be host the preview of The National Parks: America’s Best Idea in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The previews will be shown in the Aquarium’s lobby during it’s normal hours of operation from now until the series’ national debut September.
Filmed over the run of six years, the 12-hour series will be broadcast over six nights. The film is slated to air nationwide on PBS beginning Sunday, September 27, and the 26-minute preview is being shown in select cities across the country as a preview to the first televised episode.
