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Rachel Carson

01/24/17 | 1h 53m 15s | Rating: NR

Rachel Carson is an intimate portrait of the woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world. When Silent Spring was published in September 1962 it became an instant bestseller and would go on to spark dramatic changes in the way the government regulated pesticides.

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Exclusive corporate funding for American Experience provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance. Major funding provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Additional funding for Rachel Carson provided by The Kendeda Fund; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations: Strengthening America’s Future Through Education; and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and public television viewers. American Experience is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston.
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