MOVIES - TV FILMS
KENYA (FORESTS OF HOPE) 2/3
by Cristina Karrer
26 women from Kenya who have been planting trees for the past quarter century are at the centre of this documentary. They are not part of the nationwide reforestation movement which has become more widely known thanks to Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Mathai. They represent an independent group of people, who, following a brief phase of support from and motivation by the state, decided to take charge of their own destiny. A destiny which is closely entwined with that of the trees.
Credits
Year: 2006
Country: CH
Running Time: 4250 Min.
Director: Cristina Karrer
Author: Cristina Karrer
Producer: Werner Schweizer
Co-Producer: SRG Alberto Chollet, ARTE Uta Cappel, SF, Michèle Sauvain,
Camera: Otmar Schmid
Editor: Patricia Wagner
Sound: Gregor Kuschel
Festivals Solothurner Filmtage, 2007
BaKa Forum, 2007