"TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai" (2008) tells the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. In response to rural women's problems stemming from a degraded environment, Maathai suggested they plant trees.
Lisa Merton and Alan Dater/ 2008/ 81 min/Food, Agriculture
FILM DESCRIPTION: 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—a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration.