FDL 2009 | Taking Root : The Vision of Wangari Maathai
MONDAY 26 | 22:00 | 5€

Taking Root : The Vision of Wangari Maathai

 

Lisa Merton & Alan Dater

US • 2008 • 80’

VO/OV EN st/ond FR/NL


The long walk of Wangari Maathai (2004 Nobel Prize), creator of the "Green Belt Movement." This movement planted 35 million trees in Kenya and awoke the population to the ideas of democracy, particularly by denouncing corruption.

Audience Award Winner at the Hot Docs Canadian international Documentary Festival 2008 • Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award at the Durban International Film Festival 2008 • Prix EcoCamera Award and Audience Choice Award at the Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2008

 

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