Henry David Thoreau

Name: Henry David Thoreau
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 1

About Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau helped define modern environmentalism and nonviolent resistance, yet his life has been obscured by myth. The author of Walden and Civil Disobedience, he was brilliant but flawed, idealistic but opinionated.

Henry David Thoreau is a documentary series that ran on PBS. The series is filed under slavery, civil war, and miniseries.

It reached one season of 3 episodes from March 2026.

George Clooney stars as Self – Narrator (voice), Jeff Goldblum as Henry David Thoreau (voice), Ted Danson as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice), and Meryl Streep as Various Characters (voice). Produced by Florentine Films.

It streams on PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel, Thirteen, and WETA+ in the United States. The Civil War, Alex Haley's Queen, and Hatfields & McCoys make useful companions to Henry David Thoreau.