The Olmsted Legacy
Premiere: Wednesday August 4, 2010 8PM
Bandshell, Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY
If you live in NYC or thereabouts, don't miss this one-hour film on the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture and designer of many of our most famous landscapes: Central Park and Prospect Park in NY; Boston's Emerald Necklace; the grounds of the US Capitol, just to name a few.
The documentary film features actor Kevin Kline as the "voice" of Olmsted, and Kerry Washington as narrator. The film is focused on Olmsted's role in the design and construction of the first great city parks and green spaces in the United States. Visit The Olmsted Legacy website for more information (and darned if I can find out anywhere about other cities in which this film might be shown).
Also, a Wall Street Journal article on the film's backer provide a bit more info. Read it here.
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