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Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Everyone has seen a nature documentary with a ferocious kill on the Serengeti Plain. Well, here’s a different story about villagers navigating the dangers and costs of living with wildlife. After a century of “white man’s conservation,” the Maasai of Kenya and Namibia’s Himba people are vying to share a piece of the eco-tourism pie. But can they fulfill the expectations of Westerners without abandoning their native culture?
Aired: Apr 14, 2009 Genre: DocumentaryCasts: Susan Sarandon Peter Coyote America Ferrera Maggie Gyllenhaal Stanley TucciDuration: 1h Rating: 0 Country: United States of America Production: ITVS
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01: Chicago 1002: Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey03: Knee Deep04: Lioness05: March Point06: The Atom Smashers07: Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"08: Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'09: Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway10: Helvetica11: Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene12: Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene13: The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair14: The Order of Myths15: Lakshmi and Me16: Recycle17: Milking the Rhino18: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai19: Steal a Pencil for Me20: At Home in Utopia21: Wings of Defeat22: Crips and Bloods: Made in America23: Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors24: Steal a Pencil for Me25: Ask Not