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Taking root : the vision of Wangari Maathai / a film by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater ; produced and directed by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater ; a Marlboro Production.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial edition with DVD Extras.
Publication Info [Harriman, New York] : New Day Films [Distributor], ©2008.
Description1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorMerton, Lisa, film producer, film director.
Other author/creatorDater, Alan, film director, film producer, director of photography.
Other author/creatorMaathai, Wangari interviewee.
Other author/creatorLampson, Mary, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorHaneke, Tom, editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorKlein, Jim, 1948- editor of moving image work.
Other author/creatorSamite, composer (expression)
Other author/creatorMarlboro Productions (Firm), production company.
Other author/creatorNew 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 noteOriginally produced in 2008.
CreditsEditors, 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 detailsDVD.
LanguageIn English and Swahili with English subtitles. Closed-captioned.
Awards noteFull 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/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/formBiographical films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formEnvironmental films.
Genre/formVideo recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre/formBiographical films.
Genre/formDocumentary films.
Genre/formEnvironmental films.
Genre/formFeature films.
Genre/formNonfiction films.
ISBN9781574482379
ISBN1574482378
UPC 700261268996

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