Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

"TAKING ROOT: The Vision of Wangari Maathai" (2008) tells the story of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya and its founder Wangari Maathai, the first environmentalist and first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. 
In response to rural women's problems stemming from a degraded environment, Maathai suggested they plant trees. Starting with this simple act, these women worked successively against deforestation, poverty, and violent political oppression until they became a political force that helped to bring down Kenya's 24-year dictatorship. 
"TAKING ROOT" follows Maathai's courageous thirty-year journey to safeguard the environment, democracy and peace.