OS PARQUES NACIONAIS MAIS FASCINANTES DO MUNDO – EPISÓDIO 1 - (OUR GREAT NATIONAL PARKS, USA, 2022) – Netflix’s new five-part documentary series, Our Great National Parks, opens with the gentle shushing of waves, and a drone zooming low over Hawai’i’s Hanauma Bay, where we see a lone figure in a linen shirt, walking slowly over the sand. Wait a minute… that’s former President Barack Obama. When you choose Barack Obama as the voice and face of your new flagship nature documentary, you invite political commentary and (let’s face it) partisan attacks. It’s inevitable. Which makes Our Great National Parks kind of interesting, because it’s a show that wants more from us than your average wildlife series. The Obama choice was deliberate, and not just for PR purposes. The show isn’t about cute, anthropomorphized animals and soaring 4K drone footage—although, to be fair, there’s plenty of both of those. It’s more about us and our relationship with nature. Netflix.
