Wangari Maathai Photograph courtesy Green Belt Movement
Taking Root tells the story of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari
Maathai, who led a movement in
her native Kenya to safeguard the
environment. Maathai became the
first woman to both earn a Ph.D. and
head a university department in that
country. She came to international attention as founder
of the Green Belt Movement, which helps restore forests
while paying women to plant trees. Through the group,
she has helped women plant more than 30 million trees
across Africa, and has taken courageous stands for democracy
and women’s rights.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with Dr. Maathai, filmmakers Alan Dater and Lisa Merton and Chris Tuite,
Director of the Green Belt Movement, Washington.
Co-sponsored with the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital.
Location
Tickets
Grosvenor Auditorium
National Geographic Society
1600 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036
+1 202 857 7700
