Taking root: The vision of Wangari Maathai

  • Wangari Maathai, Prix Nobel de la paix (Taking root)
© HAFF 2011, Helsinki
Genre : Biography
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2007
Format : Feature
Running time : 80 (in minutes)
http://takingrootfilm.com

This inspiring documentary tells the dramatic story of Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights, and defend democracy. The film weaves a compelling narrative of one woman's personal journey in the context of the turbulent political and environmental history of her country.

Kenya | 2008 | 80 min
Directors: Alan Dater and Lisa Merton, USA



In East Africa, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, a grassroots organization enrouraging rural women and families to plant trees in community groups. As the trees and Green Belt Movement grew, so did the violent political oppression against them by President Moi's government.


FESTIVALS / AWARDS

2011 - Helsinki African Film Festival - HAFF 2011 | Finland | http://haff.fi/en/elokuvat/item/35-taking-root
* Selection
Screening time: Friday 13 May at 13:00, Andorra
Screening time: Saturday 14 May at 13:00, Kiasma

2010 World Mountain Documentary Film Festival (China): Grand Prize for Society

2009 Mendocino Film Festival: Best Documentary Audience Award

2009 International Images Film Festival (Zimbabwe): Best Documentary

2008 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal 2008 RIDM: Prix Du Public

2008 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival: Audience Award Winner

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SUOMEKSI / FINLANDAIS
Wangari Maathai on Nobel-palkittu kenialainen ympäristö- ja ihmisoikeusaktivisti, jonka innoittama Green Belt Movement on vaikuttanut maan politiikkaan ennen näkemättömällä tavalla. Köyhien naisten pienimuotoisesta puuntaimien istuttamisesta alkanut toiminta kasvoi maanlaajuiseksi liikkeeksi, joka on rohkeasti puolustanut ympäristöä, demokratiaa ja ihmisoikeuksia Kenian häikäilemättömiä poliitikkoja vastaan. Inspiroiva ja taidolla toteutettu dokumentti kertoo karismaattisen Wangarin dramaattisesta elämästä ja valaisee samalla Kenian turbulenttia poliittista historiaa.


Kenia | 2008 | 80 min

Ohjaaja: Lisa Merton ja Alan Dater

http://haff.fi/fi/elokuvat/item/35-taking-root/35-taking-root

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  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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