Please join us in a screening and artist talkback of 'Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai' at the Westminster West Congregational Church, 44 Church Street, Westminster West, on Sunday, October 22 at 6:30 PM. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, a film by Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, tells the inspiring story of 2004 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. Set in the context of Kenya's politically and environmentally tumultuous '80's and '90s, it captures a worldview in which nothing is impossible and gives a loving, and intimate portrait of Wangari Maathai.

There will be a talkback with the movie makers, Lisa and Alan, following the screening.

This film debuts a 4 film series featuring talkbacks by our neighbors involved in their creation. Subsequent Sundays will feature

October 29: 'Johnny Cash! the Man, His World, His Music', where Alan Dater was part of a 3 person crew making the film,

November 5: Jo Dery's short film "Georgia's Line' and Laina Barakat's 'Light Attaching to a Girl', presented by Producer Jennifer Latham,

October 12: Michael Moore's 'Capitalism, a Love Story', presented by Line Producer Jennifer Latham

By donation, light refreshments available. Each film is approx. 80 minutes.

Event Info

Nov 12, 2024, 6:30 to 8 PM

Nov 13, 2024, 5 to 6:30 PM

Nov 16, 2024, 7 to 8:30 PM