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The Blood of the Rose (2009)

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Film details

Featuring

Sam West Alan Root Sarah Higgins
Country

United Kingdom
Year

2009
Genre

Documentary
Type

Film
Category

Non Fiction

Alternative titles

Murder on the Lake Alternative

Synopsis

The British-Kenian nature documentary filmmakerer and ecological activist Joan Root was killed in her home in January 2006. Her activities made her a lot of enemies in the Lake Naivasha region. This documentary tries to find an answer to who has killed her.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - narrator
    
    Sam West
  - on-screen participant
    
    Alan Root
  - on-screen participant
    
    Sarah Higgins
  - on-screen participant
    
    Adrian Lockhurst
  - on-screen participant
    
    Annabel Thom
  - on-screen participant
    
    Peter Szapary
  - on-screen participant
    
    David M. Harper
  - on-screen participant
    
    Dee Raymer
  - on-screen participant
    
    David Chege
  - on-screen participant
    
    John Ndirangu
  - on-screen participant
    
    Issac Ouma
  - on-screen participant
    
    Andrew Enniskillen
  - on-screen participant
    
    Samuel Michuri
  - on-screen participant
    
    Barry Gaymer
  - on-screen participant
    
    Andrew Omondi
  - on-screen participant
    
    John Sutton
  - on-screen participant
    
    Diana Bunny
  - on-screen participant
    
    Nicholas Ngagi
  - on-screen participant
    
    Julie Erskine
  - on-screen participant
    
    Brian Freeman
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Henry Singer
  - ©
    
    Dragonfly Film and Television Productions Ltd
  - Production Company
    
    Dragonfly Film and Television Productions Ltd
  - Production Company
    
    BBC
  - Executive Producer
    
    Magnus Temple
  - Executive Producer for BBC
    
    Charlotte Moore
  - Producer
    
    Henry Singer
  - Assistant Producer
    
    Nick Wadhams
  - Co-producer
    
    Emma Tutty
  - Director of Production
    
    Francesca Newby
  - Production Manager
    
    Kate Cook
  - Researcher
    
    Joe Kahu
  - Director of Photography
    
    Jonathan Partridge
  - Rostrum Photography
    
    Frameline
  - Film Editor
    
    Ben Stark
  - On-line Editor
    
    Andrew Mitchell
  - Colourist
    
    Jonathan Lieb
  - Composer
    
    Andy Cowton
  - Sound Recording
    
    Paul Paragon
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Matt Skilton
  - Archive
    
    BBC Motion Gallery
  - Archive
    
    ITN Source
  - Archive
    
    Footage Farm
  - Archive
    
    Imperial War Museum
  - Archive
    
    Aerial Camera Systems
  - Archive
    
    Living Planet Productions
  - Archive
    
    Guillaume Bonn
  - Archive
    
    Mary Ellen Mark

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