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To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted’s efforts to preserve nature created an “environmental ethic” decades before the environmental movement became a force in American politics. With gorgeous cinematography, and compelling commentary this film presents the biography of a man whose parks and preservation are an essential part of American life.
Directed by Ken Chowder

Stockard Channing
Narrator

Campbell Scott
Frederick Law Olmsted (Voice)
André Le Nôtre, le jardinier de Louis XIV
2014