![]() On May 8, 1957, residents in Brookville, Oyster Bay Cove, Cold Spring Harbor, Centre Island, Old Field and Bethpage filed suit against the Department of Agriculture to stop the spraying of DDT over their neighborhoods. Long Islanders of a certain age, however, may have different associations: ![]() ![]() Say “Silent Spring” to most people and the words “environmental” followed by “movement” should still come to mind. MY SAY This two-hour portrait rescues Carson, the person, from obscurity, even if her seminal work requires no such salvage operation. “Silent Spring,” published in 1962, sounded the alarm over widespread use of DDT and other “miracle” insecticides - their long-term impact on the environment and human health largely unknown. ![]() She died in 1964 at the age of 56, after completing one of the most important books of the 20th century, which also launched the modern environmental movement. WHAT IT’S ABOUT This two-hour film follows Rachel Carson’s life from her impoverished early years in rural Pennsylvania, to seclusion - and world fame - while living on a stretch of lonely coast in Maine. ![]()
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