Desc: Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai: Directed by Alan Dater, Lisa Merton. With Larisa Eryomina, Njogu Kahare, Leah Kisomo, Kinyanjui Kiuno. Taking Root tells 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.