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Henry David Thoreau

2026★ 9.3 · 32h 53mDocumentary

Overview

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. A writer, scientist and activist, his words resonate urgently with today’s challenges as humanity looks for ways to live in harmony with nature—and each other.

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Cast

Meryl Streep
as Various Voices (voice)

George Clooney
as Narrator (voice)

Jeff Goldblum
as Henry David Thoreau (voice)

Ted Danson
as Ralph Waldo Emerson (voice)