Silkwood is a 1983 film which tells the true story of Karen Silkwood, who died under suspicious circumstances while investigating wrongdoings at the Kerr-Mc Gee plutonium plant where she worked. It stars Meryl Streep in the title role, as well as Kurt Russell, Cher, Craig T. Nelson, David Strathairn, Bruce Mc Gill, Diana Scarwid, Ron Silver, Susie Bond and Fred Ward.

a fast-growing tropical American evergreen having white flowers and white fleshy edible fruit; bark yields a silky fiber used in cordage and wood is valuable for staves