A Sense of Wonder – Summer Film Fest: June

When pioneering environmentalist Rachel Carson published “Silent Spring” in 1962, the backlash from her critics thrust her into the center of a political maelstrom. Despite her private persona, her convictions about the risks posed by chemical pesticides forced her into the role of controversial public figure.
Using many of Miss Carson’s own words, actress Kaiulani Lee embodies this extraordinary woman in a documentary style film which depicts Carson in the final year of her life. Struggling with cancer, Carson recounts with both humor and anger the attacks by the chemical industry, the government and the press as she focuses her limited energy to get her message to Congress and the American people.

Beautifully shot in HD by Academy Award®-winning cinematographer, Haskell Wexler, at Carson’s cottage in Maine, the film is an intimate and poignant portrait of Carson’s life as she emerges as America’s most successful advocate for the natural world. Based on Kaiulani Lee’s popular play of the same name.

Critical Acclaim:

From Bill Moyers, PBS
“I was deeply moved by Kaiulani Lee’s incarnation of Rachel Carson in A SENSE OF WONDER. This sublimely written and subtly choreographed performance brings to life the remarkable spirit of a woman who changed the way we see our world. You cannot watch Kaiulani Lee without reflecting on universal themes – life, death, the power of place, courage in growing old and in speaking the truth. You cannot walk away unmoved.”

From Paul Brooks,
Former Editor-in-Chief Houghton Mifflin,
Rachel Carson’s editor and biographer
“This is the Rachel I knew, brought to life with almost uncanny skill and understanding…a perfect introduction to one of the most influential women of our time.”

From Thomas Berry, Author: The Great Work: Our Way to the Future
“Kaiulani Lee’s play communicates in its fullness Rachel Carson’s sense of wonder. We need this wonder to guide us into the twenty first century if we are to save the earth and our souls.”

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