Taking Root: The Vision of Wangari Maathai
Show: Independent Lens --> Season: 10 - Season 10
AirDate: 4/14/2009
Runtime: 60
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Overview: 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?