The Vision of Wangari Maathai

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Includes

  • 80-minute feature with closed captions
  • 53-minute broadcast version with closed captions
  • and many extras (see below)

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Educational & Community Organization Use DVD

DVD Extras:

  1. Conditions on the Land [1:34]
  2. Wangari in the Indigenous Aberdare Forest [10:23]
  3. Culture and Colonialism [7:35]
  4. The Fig Tree and Praying for Rain [0:40]
  5. Mau Mau [3:56]
  6. The Years of Fear [5:28]
  7. The Green Belt Movement
    1. Programs and Goals [0:44]
    2. Environmental Conservation and Tree Planting [10:34]
    3. Civic and Environmental Education Workshops. (CEE) [7:06]
    4. Food Security: CEE Workshop [4:14]
    5. The “Hut Tax”: CEE Workshop [3:03]
    6. Women for Change [8:01]
    7. The Kahuro Market Story [2:48]
  8. The Karura Forest Protests [6:13]
  9. Wangari: The Early Years [6:10]
  10. Wangari: “A Strong African Woman,” from a BBC interview [4:49]
  11. Wangari: The Hummingbird Story [2:31]
  12. The Nobel Peace Prize [4:41]

ISBN: 978-1-57448-237-9     www.takingrootfilm.com


© Lisa Merton and Alan Dater