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Encompass presents PARADIGM SHIFTS: a Music and Film Festival
TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI
A film by Lisa Merton & Alan Dater
Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 7:00PM

The Engelman Recital Hall
Baruch Performing Arts Center
55 Lexington Avenue (at East 25th Street)
New York, NY 10010
Entrance is on East 25th Street Between Lexington & Third Avenues

LIVE MUSIC: Malang Bayo Dance Company

TAKING ROOT: THE VISION OF WANGARI MAATHAI is the dramatic story of Wangari Maathai, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate from Kenya, who rallied thousands of women to plant trees. Her vision grew into a nationwide movement to safeguard the environment, protect human rights and defend democracy. Q & A with filmmaker Lisa Merton on Skype, and Green Belt USA, the organization Dr. Maathai founded. RUN TIME: 54 minutes