Il vizio dello spreco - Proiezione 2 dicembre

il Settore della Regione Piemonte “Tutela e difesa dei consumatori”, in collaborazione con CinemAmbiente, le Biblioteche civiche di Torino, la Biblioteca della Regione Piemonte, l’Ufficio Scolastico Regionale, il Museo A come Ambiente e Slow Food organizzano la presentazione il progetto 'Il vizio dello spreco', venerdì 2 Dicembre presso il Centro Incontri della Regione Piemonte, Corso Stati Uniti 23.

//03.10.2011

Ecokids 2011 - Circoscrizione VI

CinemAmbiente in cooperation with Circoscrizione VI - Torino, organizes the film exhibition 'Ecokids 2011', screenings for the primary schools of the city. All the events will be introducedby an environmental expert.

//29.07.2011

CinemAmbiente at Vico Canavese

During the whole month of august CinemAmbiente in cooperation with the library of Vico Canavese organizes the film exhibition "CinemAmbiente in Valchiusella". The films will be screened at the Salone Pluriuso (Regione Lime) - free entry. All the events will be introduced by Gaetano Capizzi and Debora Bocchiardo.

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Film

Taking Root: the Vision of Wangari Maathai

Mettere radici: la visione di Wangari Maathai

This documentary centers on Wangari Mathaai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel peace prize for her efforts in the Green Belt Movement. After completing her studies, her return to the farmwomen among whom she grew up opened her eyes to the many problems afflicting Kenya: soil depletion, lack of fresh drinking water, childhood malnutrition, besides the even greater emergencies of deforestation and illiteracy shrouded in impenetrable economic interests and kept hidden by Daniel Arap Moi’s regime. Using rare archive materials and interviews, the film retraces the battles Mathaai fought to attract attention to these issues in her country.

Il regista / The Director

Since the 1960s Alan Deter has worked as director, cameraman and sound technician for the NBC and CBS networks and on assignment for National Geographic, as well as with directors Brian De Palma and Robert Elfstrom. Since 1989 he has worked with Lisa Merton; together they have directed and produced the award-winning documentaries Wolf Kahn: Landscape Painter (1989), Bridge of Fire (1991), Home to Tibet (1996) and The World in Claire's Classroom (2000).

“Wangari's was a big life, an exemplary life that the world needed to know about. I have never been so moved, captivated and inspired by anyone's story as I was by Wangari Maathai's. It was not only what she had done but the way she had done it; it was also her presence and her skill as a storyteller. She was of it, completely part of the story she was telling - a filmmaker's dream! She was spellbinding, funny, delightful, expressive and full of life. I had never met a person of such courage, one who had risked her life for the truth.”

Alan Dater, Lisa Merton

Edizione 2008
Concorso Internazionale Documentari/International Documentary Competition

DOCUMENTARY
United States , 2008, 80'

REGIA/DIRECTOR
Lisa Merton, Alan Dater

TAGS:
Deforestation, Natural Resources, Africa