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The Resource 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

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

Contributor
Summary
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
Language
  • eng
  • swa
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (223 min. total)
Note
  • Broadcast version produced for PBS television series 'Independent Lens'
  • Originally produced in 2008
Contents
  • Feature film (80 min.) ; Broadcast version (53 min.) ;Trailer ; Extras (90 min. total) : Conditions on the land
  • Wangari in the indigenous Aberdare Forest
  • Culture and colonialism
  • The fig tree and praying for rain
  • Mau Mau
  • The years of fear
  • The Green Belt Movement
  • The Karura Forest protests
  • Wangari: the early years
  • Wangari: "A strong African woman," from a BBC interview
  • Wangari: the hummingbird story
  • The Nobel Peace Prize
Instance
Label
Taking root : the vision of Wangari Maathai
Title
Taking root
Title remainder
the vision of Wangari Maathai
Statement of responsibility
a film by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater ; produced and directed by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater ; a Marlboro Production
Title variation
Vision of Wangari Maathai
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • swa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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
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Cataloging source
NAM
Characteristic
videorecording
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Independent lens (Television program)
Credits note
Editors, Mary Lampson, Tom Haneke, Jim Klein, Alan Dater ; original music, Samite ; cinematographer, Alan Dater
Language note
In English and Swahili with English subtitles; Closed captioned
PerformerNote
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
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Merton, Lisa
  • Dater, Alan
  • Maathai, Wangari
  • Samite
  • Mukunu, Naomi Kabura
  • Kisomo, Leah
  • Marlboro Productions (Firm)
  • New Day Films
Runtime
223
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  • Maathai, Wangari
  • Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
  • Tree planters (Persons)
  • Women conservationists
  • Women politicians
  • Nobel Prize winners
Technique
live action
Label
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
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Broadcast version produced for PBS television series 'Independent Lens'
  • Originally produced in 2008
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Feature film (80 min.) ; Broadcast version (53 min.) ;Trailer ; Extras (90 min. total) : Conditions on the land -- Wangari in the indigenous Aberdare Forest -- Culture and colonialism -- The fig tree and praying for rain -- Mau Mau -- The years of fear -- The Green Belt Movement -- The Karura Forest protests -- Wangari: the early years -- Wangari: "A strong African woman," from a BBC interview -- Wangari: the hummingbird story -- The Nobel Peace Prize
Control code
367679932
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (223 min. total)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD
Label
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
Publication
Note
  • Broadcast version produced for PBS television series 'Independent Lens'
  • Originally produced in 2008
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
unknown
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Feature film (80 min.) ; Broadcast version (53 min.) ;Trailer ; Extras (90 min. total) : Conditions on the land -- Wangari in the indigenous Aberdare Forest -- Culture and colonialism -- The fig tree and praying for rain -- Mau Mau -- The years of fear -- The Green Belt Movement -- The Karura Forest protests -- Wangari: the early years -- Wangari: "A strong African woman," from a BBC interview -- Wangari: the hummingbird story -- The Nobel Peace Prize
Control code
367679932
Dimensions
4 3/4 in
Dimensions
other
Edition
Special edition
Extent
1 videodisc (223 min. total)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Note
Bowdoin stacks copy: NO Public Performance Rights purchased; home or classroom use ONLY
Other physical details
sound, color
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD format; region 1, NTSC
Video recording format
DVD

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