Screening in honor of Earth Day, a new documentary film about the mild-mannered scientist whose work launched the modern environmental movement

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. Featuring the voice of Mary-Louise Parker as the influential writer and scientist, Rachel Carson draws from Carson’s own writings, letters and recent scholarship, to illuminate both the public and private life of the soft-spoken, shy scientist who launched the modern environmental movement.

Run time: 2 hours