The National Parks: Americas Best Idea

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The National Parks Americas Best Idea

• The Untold Stories Project
• A 30-minute compellation of stories from the film
  focusing on the role of African Americans, Asian
  Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native
  Americans who have devoted their lives to the
  creation and/or protection of individual parks.
• A series of 5 mini-documentaries which will focus
  individuals currently working in the parks who
  have changed individual Parks and sometimes the
  entire system in substantive ways.

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Station Resources

• Station grants this fall
• Photos, features, press materials
• Printed pieces such as Viewers Guides, Educator
  Guides, postcards
• Screening clips from the series and Untold
  Stories project
• Story Share online story collection module
• Partner connections with NPS and NPF
• Ken Burns PR tour

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Project Site

• weta.org/nationalparksproject
• user national
• password parks