Press Kit

Press Resources

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Film Press Release (pdf)
Story Press Release (pdf)
Awards 06/09 (pdf)
Reviews 11/10 (pdf)
(Sample Press Release) (pdf)

Synopsis (Long) (html) (pdf)
Summary (shorter) (html) (pdf)
Key People in the Film (html) (pdf)
Names of All People in the Film (html) (pdf)
Historic Timeline (html) (pdf)
Words from Wangari (html) (pdf)

Director’s Statement (html) (pdf)
Production Q and A (html) (pdf)
The Production Team (html) (pdf)
Filmography
for Dater and Merton (html) (pdf)
Credits (html) (pdf)

In the News

Posters and Postcards

Photos

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Wangari Maathai

Photo Credit: Martin Rowe
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Taking Root Signature Image

Photo Credit: Lisa Merton
Taking Root Signature Image.
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Taking Root 1: GBM Seminar

Photo Credit: Alan Dater
A Green Belt Movement Civic and Environmental Education seminar in Kangari, Kenya.
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Taking Root 2: Planting

Photo Credit: Lisa Merton
Wangari Maathai planting trees in the degraded Aberdare Forest, Kenya.
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Taking Root 5: Tree Nursery

Photo Credit: Ariel Poster
Green Belt Movement tree nursery in Tumutumu Hills, Kenya.
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Taking Root 6: indigenous seedling

Photo Credit: Alan Dater
Indigenous tree seedling.
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Alan Dater and Lisa Merton

Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Alan Dater and Lisa Merton
Producers / Directors of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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Alan Dater

Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Alan Dater
Producers / Director of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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Lisa Merton

Photo Credits: Roshika Dater-Merton
Lisa Merton
Producers / Director of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
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