Rat Film
Season 19 Episode 10 | 55m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Uses the rat to burrow into the dark, complicated history of Baltimore.
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them-to explore the history of Baltimore. "There's never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it's always been a people problem.”
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Rat Film
Season 19 Episode 10 | 55m 25sVideo has Closed Captions
Across walls, fences, and alleys, rats not only expose our boundaries of separation but make homes in them. Rat Film is a feature-length documentary that uses the rat—as well as the humans that love them, live with them, and kill them-to explore the history of Baltimore. "There's never been a rat problem in Baltimore, it's always been a people problem.”
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Clip: S19 Ep10 | 2m 48s | Rat Film premieres on PBS’s Independent Lens on Monday, February 26, 2018. (2m 48s)
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Preview: S19 Ep10 | 30s | Rat Film premieres on Independent Lens on Monday, February 26, 2018. (30s)
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