Remembering Wendell Berry
Join KET in celebrating the life and legacy of Kentucky writer, farmer and activist Wendell Berry, who recently died at age 92.
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Look & See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky
A portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America as seen through the mind’s eye of writer, farmer, and activist Wendell Berry, in his native Henry County, Kentucky, a place mourning the loss of a bygone way of life that was once the cornerstone of America. Through the poetic and prescient words of the prize-winning author of more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, and the testimonies of his family and neighbors — all deeply affected by the industrial and economic changes to their agrarian way of life — we see the changing landscapes of rural America and the redemptive beauty in taking the unworn path, all in communities trying to maintain their own ties to the land.
Thursday, Sept. 3 • 8/7 pm on KET
The Burley Tobacco Program
Immediately following Look & See, KET will air The Burley Tobacco Program, a comprehensive history of the historic Burley Tobacco Growers’ Program and an important forgotten chapter of American agricultural history that celebrates the power of cooperative marketing. Narrated by Wendell Berry, John Berry Jr. and John M. Berry Sr.
Thursday, Sept. 3 • 9:20/8:20 pm on KET
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Moyers & Company
Wendell Berry: Poet and Prophet
In a rare television interview, environmental legend and writer Wendell Berry leaves his Kentucky farm for an inspiring conversation. Also this week the short documentary Dance of the Honey Bees and Bill Moyers shares his frustrations on the government shutdown.
Host Bill Goodman and a panel of readers discuss Wendell Berry’s inspiring chronicle of Jack Beechum—a man who has spent a lifetime close to the land.
Farming is often about homecoming, explains Mary Berry, executive director of the Berry Center. Learn more in this clip about the Wendell Berry Farming Program.
Kentucky poet and farmer Wendell Berry is passing on his family’s farming legacy in partnership with a small Dominican college. Watch the full Religion & Ethics Newsweekly program.
Kentucky Life
Woolridge Monuments Clip
Kentucky author Wendell Berry reads from a William Faulkner short story, “Sepulture South: Gaslight,” about this odd memorial in Mayfield, Ky. Writers Bobbie Ann Mason and Wendell Berry illuminate the stories behind one of the country’s most unusual grave sites – the Wooldridge Monuments in Mayfield’s Maplewood Cemetery.