"The Greatest Good" - 2021 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation鈥檚 Capital
威尼斯人娱乐场 Museum
Online
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The Greatest Good (2005, 120 min.) explores the history of the U.S. Forest Service, using rarely seen footage and photos, sweeping landscape aerial shots, and dozens of interviews to tell a complex and compelling story of the American land. Before 鈥渆nvironmentalism,鈥� before the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service was created in 1905 by President Theodore Roosevelt and his Chief Forester Gifford Pinchot. They sought not only to conserve disappearing natural resources but also to maximize the social benefits from those resources. Pinchot鈥檚 mission statement for his new agency stated, 鈥渨here conflicting interests must be reconciled, the question shall always be decided from the standpoint of the greatest good of the greatest number in the long run.鈥� This documentary film uses Pinchot's maxim as its starting point and as an organizing theme. It traces Forest Service efforts to deliver the most benefits to the most people while remaining good stewards of the land.
The film features an original score by Lance Bendiksen and is narrated by Charles Osgood. Introduced by producers Ann & Steven Dunsky and Dave Steinke.
Presented in partnership with the United States Forest Service and the 2021 Environmental Film Festival in the Nation鈥檚 Capital
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