The dramatic story of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai whose simple act of planting trees won her a Nobel Peace Prize

In Uganda, openly gay David Kato and his fellow activists work to defeat new legislation in their country that would make homosexuality punishable by death.

Rosa Rogers | 2014

France, Morocco, United Kingdom | 69 min | 12+ years | Arabic with English subtitles |

Screened as part of TOAFF15

A new generation of Morocco studying to be Muslim leaders–the Morchidat, or spiritual leaders–campaign against early marriage and encourage women’s education.

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