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• Title:Taking root : the vision of Wangari Maathai / by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater.
  
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• Variant Title:Vision of Wangari Maathai
  
• Related Title:Planting ideas action guide.
  
• Other Contributors/Collections:Merton, Lisa.
  Dater, Alan.
  Klein, Jim, 1948-
  Lampson, Mary.
  Haneke, Tom.
  Samite.
  Mongrel Media.
  
• Published/Created:Canada : Mongrel, 2009.
  

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  • Location:KOERNER LIBRARY audiovisual (Floor 3 )Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: SB63.M22 T35 2009 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

  • Location:OKANAGAN LIBRARY audiovisualWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: SB63.M22 T35 2009 dvd
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Green Belt Movement (Society : Kenya)
  Tree planters (Persons)--Kenya.
  Women conservationists--Kenya.
  Women politicians--Kenya.
  Nobel Prize winners--Kenya.
  
• Medical Subjects: Conservation of Natural Resources--Kenya.
  Trees--Kenya.
  
• Genre/Form:Biographical films.
  Documentary films.
  Nonfiction films.
  Feature films.
  Environmental films.
  Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  
• Description:1 videodisc (80 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  
• Terms governing use:Restrictions: Home use only. Licensed for educational use at UBC.
  
• Credits:Editors, Mary Lampson, Tom Haneke, Jim Klein, & Alan Dater ; cinematography, Alan Dater ; music, Samite.
  
• 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.
  
• Notes:Title from title screen.
  DVD; Enhanced for widescreen (16:9).
  English. Some English subtitles (not optional).