‘His perspective is so relevant’: the A-listers bringing Henry David Thoreau back to screen

Ken Burns’ new three-part documentary shows why it’s not too late for us to learn from the great naturalist Henry David Thoreau is a new PBS documentary in three parts, each an hour long. The project comes with a voiceover cast of heavyweights, with narration from George Clooney, Jeff Goldblum playing the great essayist and additional voices from Ted Danson, Tate Donovan and Meryl Streep. The project first began life as a short film by Don Henley, the Eagles frontman having long worked to pre...

By Martin Pengelly