Monday, October 12, 2009

Wangari Maathai documentary

10th Annual Human Rights Film Series
Taking Root:
The Vision of Wangari Maathai

Special Guest: Film Editor, Mary Lampson

taking-root.jpg

Co-Sponsored by
American University's
Center for Social Media
and The
Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law

Thursday, October 15, 2009
5:30-8:00pm

Wechsler Theater
Mary Graydon Center

4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20016

The dramatic story of 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-a movement for which this charismatic woman became an iconic inspiration. Watch the trailer.

www.AUHumanRightsFilmSeries.org

No comments: