Other author/creator | Merton, Lisa, film producer, film director. |
Other author/creator | Dater, Alan, film director, film producer, director of photography. |
Other author/creator | Maathai, Wangari interviewee. |
Other author/creator | Lampson, Mary, editor of moving image work. |
Other author/creator | Haneke, Tom, editor of moving image work. |
Other author/creator | Klein, Jim, 1948- editor of moving image work. |
Other author/creator | Samite, composer (expression) |
Other author/creator | Marlboro Productions (Firm), production company. |
Other author/creator | New Day Films film distributor. |
Portion of title |
Vision of Wangari Maathai |
Contents |
Feature film (80 min.) -- Broadcast version (53 min.) -- DVD extras (90 min.) |
Abstract |
"Taking Root tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai, whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy." -- Container. |
General note | Originally produced in 2008. |
Credits | Editors, Mary Lampson, Tom Haneke, Jim Klein, Alan Dater ; original music, Samite ; cinematographer, Alan Dater. |
Performer |
Commentary, Wangari Muta Maathai, Naomi Kabura Mukunu, Leah Kisomo, Lilian Wanjiru Njehu, Rebah Wasike, Kamoji Wachiira, Moses Ndiritu Muta, Njogu Kahare, Kang'ethe Mungai, Ngorongo Makanga, Vertistine Mbaya, Nyakweya Ngunjiri, Njehu Gatabaki, Ruth Wangari Thungu, Reverend Peter Njenga, Lilian Muchungi, Fredrick Njau, Major General Njuki Mwaniki. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Language | In English and Swahili with English subtitles. Closed-captioned. |
Awards note | Full Frame Women in Leadership Award, Documentary Film Festival ; Best Feature Length Film Directed by a Woman, Nashville Film Festival, 2008 ; Best Documentary Feature, Honorable Mention, Nashville Film Festival, 2008 ; Amnesty International Human Rights Award, Durban Film Festival ; Harold & Margret Blank, Award for Storytelling, Vermont International Film Festival, 2008 ; Audience Award Winner, Projecting Change Film Festival, 2008 ; Green Cinema Award, Maudi Film Festival, 2008 ; Prix du Public, RIDM, 2008 ; Prix EcoCamera, RIDM, 2008. |
Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Genre/form | Biographical films. |
Genre/form | Documentary films. |
Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Environmental films. |
Genre/form | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
Genre/form | Biographical films. |
Genre/form | Documentary films. |
Genre/form | Environmental films. |
Genre/form | Feature films. |
Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
ISBN | 9781574482379 |
ISBN | 1574482378 |
UPC |
700261268996 |