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Season 1 – Henry David Thoreau

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Examining the life and work of 19th century writer Henry David Thoreau.
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Henry David Thoreau — Season 1

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Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times 2d
And the shots of nature are very pretty indeed — the documentary might inspire you, once you’re done watching, or even sooner, to get off the couch and go into the world. Go to Full Review Chris Vognar Boston Globe 3d
The whole thing is very polished and professional. And it left me with a deeper appreciation of its subject. Go to Full Review John Anderson Wall Street Journal Mar 26
Providing voices are Ted Danson, Meryl Streepand, most remarkably, Jeff Goldblum, who as Thoreau abandons anything associated with standard Jeff Goldblum and creates a vocal character full of self-reflection, naïveté and awe. Thoreau would have approved. Go to Full Review Christopher Campbell Nonfics (Substack) 6d
Directed by Christopher Loren Ewers and Erik Ewers in the most listless imitation of the Burns style, [it] has its ups and downs as it balances conventional soup-to-nuts biography with a more interesting intermittent exploration of the subject’s legacy. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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George Clooney

Narrator

Erik Ewers

Director

Christopher Loren Ewers

Director

Ken Burns

Executive Producer

Don Henley

Executive Producer

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 30, 2026 Who Are We? Henry David Thoreau pursues a career as an author, retreating to a cabin in the woods to live simply and write. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 30, 2026 Being Alive Thoreau finds solace in nature and writes two books at Walden Pond; over his two-year stay, an expedition to Maine and an act of civil disobedience protesting slavery reshape his idea of freedom. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 31, 2026 Several More Lives to Live Thoreau returns to society, taking on roles as surveyor, scientist and abolitionist, and makes two more Maine trips; Thoreau writes with renewed energy as he faces a lifelong illness. Details
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Season Info

Director
Erik Ewers, Christopher Loren Ewers
Executive Producer
Ken Burns, Don Henley
Network
PBS
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 30, 2026