For Release: 09/01/26 5:12 PM
KET will celebrate the life and legacy of Kentucky writer, farmer and activist Wendell Berry, who recently died at age 92.
Look and See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky is a portrait of the changing landscapes and shifting values of rural America as seen through Berry’s mind’s eye 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 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.
Look and See: Wendell Berry’s Kentucky
KET Thursday, Sept. 3 at 8/7 pm
Immediately following, 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.
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