“I hope this film grants deserved credit to her legacy, and that viewers will be as amazed and entranced with her story as I am.”ĪMERICAN EXPERIENCE is on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, and you can follow on Twitter. “Rachel Carson was heroic and undaunted in her quest to make us reconsider the fragility of this planet,” said Parker. We’re honored to be telling her story and have Mary-Louise Parker bring her words to life.” And that is certainly something that resonates as strongly today as it did 50 years ago. She guided us towards an understanding of the interrelatedness of nature, and challenged us to think about our impact on the world around us. Carson was the first person to point out there’s a price to be paid for that world. “At a time when she was keeping her own illness secret, this shy, private woman was thrust into the limelight after writing 'Silent Spring.' In the 60s, chemicals were everywhere - in food, in crops, in everything. “Despite her fame, Rachel Carson has remained an enigmatic figure,” said Mark Samels, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE executive producer.
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