Search Results for: Wangari Maathai

January, 1, 2012

Remembering Wangari Maathai

Independent Lens in Where Are They Now?

Lisa Merton and Alan Dater, the producers of Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai, attended the Nobel laureate and environmental activist's funeral in Kenya in October. Merton offered Independent Lens this report on Maathai's legacy. Taking Root will be…

April, 14, 2009

Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Independent Lens

Three decades ago, Wangari Maathai suggested to rural women in her native Kenya that they plant trees for firewood and to stop soil erosion — an act that grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights,…

March, 1, 2012

Month-Long Women and Girls Lead Online Film Festival Kicks Off

Independent Lens in Uncategorized

Women and Girls Lead, a public media campaign designed to uplift, empower, and celebrate women who are making change around the world, is honoring Women's History Month with a month-long online film festival featuring many audience favorites from the Independent…

April, 27, 2011

Viewer Tracy Chiles McGhee is One Inspired Woman

Independent Lens

During Women's History Month, we aired a number of documentaries featuring incredibly smart, brave, and talented women including Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai (Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai) and Rose Mapendo (Pushing the Elephant). That got us…

January, 4, 2011

The Spring Season is Chock Full of Indie Goodness

Independent Lens

OK, so maybe we're not super excellent at keeping secrets, but we're excitable. Finally we can tell everyone about our whole spring schedule for Independent Lens! Check out some of the amazing new films we've got coming at you in…