Independent Lens Season 10 Episode 19
Overview:
How does the simple act of planting trees lead to winning the Nobel Peace Prize? Ask Wangari Maathai of Kenya. In 1977, she suggested rural women plant trees to address problems stemming from a degraded environment. Under her leadership, their tree-planting grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, defend human rights and promote democracy, earning Maathai the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004.
Genre : Documentary
Actors : Susan Sarandon, Edie Falco, Peter Coyote, America Ferrera, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Stanley Tucci
Release Date : 2009-04-21
Duration : 60 menit
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Other Episodes (Season 10)
1. Chicago 10
2. Dinner with the President: A Nation's Journey
3. Knee Deep
4. Lioness
5. March Point
6. The Atom Smashers
7. Wonders Are Many: The Making of "Doctor Atomic"
8. Wonders Are Many: The Making of 'Doctor Atomic'
9. Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway
10. Helvetica
11. Adjust You Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
12. Adjust Your Color: The Truth of Petey Greene
13. The Order of Myths/Bi-Racial Hair
14. The Order of Myths
15. Lakshmi and Me
16. Recycle
17. Milking the Rhino
18. Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
19. Steal a Pencil for Me
20. At Home in Utopia
21. Wings of Defeat
22. Crips and Bloods: Made in America
23. Stranded: The Andes Plane Crash Survivors
24. Steal a Pencil for Me
25. Ask Not
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