Title: Cinema Politica – “Taking Root”
Location: Galileo’s Gallery, Students’ Union Building
Description: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Lisa Merton & Alan Dater / Kenya-USA / 2008 / 79 min

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.

Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2009-11-17
End Time: 21:00