TAKING ROOT: VISION OF WANGARI

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 07-04-2009

Details: When logging devastated Kenyan landscapes, women were left trying to subsist in an inhospitable environment. Firewood, clean water, and fertile soil were scarce. As a result, children were suffering malnutrition. "Well, why not plant trees?" suggested Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai. Seedling by seedling, lives were reclaimed. Taking Root details how Maathai led Kenya's Green Belt Movement composed of women who rallied against deforestation, poverty, embedded economic interests, and government corruption. Together, they became a national political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship.

UPC: 629159038735

EAN: 0629159038735

Languages: English

Binding: dvd

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood