Living the Silent Spring

Overview

Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring warned of the danger of widespread use of pesticides, helping to launch the environmental movement in the US. Around the same time, the US military began to spray defoliants in Vietnam to deny cover to guerrilla forces. The defoliants, including Agent Orange, were contaminated with the deadly toxin, dioxin. Agent Orange continues to affect the children and grandchildren of those exposed in Vietnam and America to this day.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 24, 2011

Original language

English

Production

SIGLO

Director

Masako Sakata

Producer

Tetsujirô Yamagami

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt2062503