Press Kit

Download press kit resources (pdfs):

• Film Press Release 06/08
• Story Press Release
• List of Characters
• Timeline of Key Events
• Awards for Taking Root 08/08
• Reviews 08/08
• Selected Quotes

• Director's Statement
• Synopsis (Long)
• Summary (shorter)
• FACT SHEET
• Production Q and A

• The Production Team
• Filmography for Alan Dater and Lisa Merton (pdf)
• Credits

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Photo Credit: Alan Dater
A Green Belt Movement Civic and Environmental Education seminar in Kangari, Kenya.
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Photo Credit: Lisa Merton
Wangari Maathai planting trees in the degraded Aberdare Forest, Kenya.
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Photo Credit: Ariel Poster
Green Belt Movement tree nursery in Tumutumu Hills, Kenya.
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Photo Credit: Alan Dater
Indigenous tree seedling.
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Photo Credit: Lisa Merton
Wangari Maathai.
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Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Alan Dater and Lisa Merton
Producers / Directors of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Alan Dater
Producers / Director of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Lisa Merton
Producers / Director of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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