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The Man Who Tried to Feed the World

0.0 52 mins Documentary   2020
PBS American Experience   GBH  
Director(s): Rob Rapley

Release Date: 21 Tue, Apr 2020

The Man Who Tried to Feed the World recounts the story of Norman Borlaug, a man who not only solved India's famine problem but would go on to lead a "Green Revolution" of worldwide agriculture programs estimated to have saved one billion lives. He was awarded the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize for his work but spent the rest of his life watching his methods and achievements come under increasing fire.

Casts of The Man Who Tried to Feed the World

Norman Borlaug

as himself

Michael Murphy

as narrator

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