| Edition |
[Special edition] |
| Description |
1 DVD (223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC. |
| Credits |
Editors, Mary Lampson, Tom Haneke, Jim Klein, & Alan Dater ; cinematography, Alan Dater ; music, Samite. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 2008. |
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Broadcast version broadcast by PBS television series 'Independent Lens'. |
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Distribution for educational institutions/community organizations is by New Day Films. |
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Extras: including interviews with Wangari Maathai and members of the Green Belt Movement, plus additional footage of the Civic & Environmental Education workshops and political actions. |
| 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. |
| Contents |
Feature film (80 min.) -- Broadcast version (53 min.) -- Extras (90 min.). 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 Kurura forest protests ; Wangari : the early years ; Wangari : "A strong African woman," from a BBC interview ; Wangari : the hummingbird story ; The Nobel Peace Prize. |
| Local Note |
Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian. |
| Language |
Closed captioned. |
| Terms Of Use |
Rider University has limited public performance rights included in the purchase of this title. "Institutional streaming licenses for....life of file terms permit all Educational Uses....Educational Use: Exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content in educational markets including, but not limited to, primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, libraries, museums, hospitals, companies, and nonprofit organizations and individual exhibition or display of Streamed Content or DVD Content by Authorized Users studying, researching or working through primary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges, universities, and distance learning programs"--New Day Terms and Conditions. |
| Subject |
Maathai, Wangari.
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Maathai, Wangari. |
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Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
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Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya) |
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Nobel Prize winners -- Kenya.
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Nobel Prize winners. |
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Kenya. |
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Tree planters (Persons) -- Kenya.
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Tree planters (Persons) |
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Women conservationists -- Kenya.
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Women conservationists. |
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Women politicians -- Kenya.
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Women politicians. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Biographical films.
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Biographical films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Merton, Lisa, director, producer.
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Dater, Alan, director, producer.
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Haneke, Tom, film editor.
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Klein, Jim, 1948- film editor.
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Lampson, Mary, film editor.
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Samite, composer.
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Marlboro Productions (Firm)
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New Day Films.
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| Added Title |
Vision of Wangari Maathai |
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Independent lens (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781574482379 |
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