Joan Root

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Joan Wells Root , née Thorpe (born March 25, 1936 in Nairobi , † January 14, 2006 in Naivasha , Kenya ) was a wildlife filmmaker and conservation activist.

Joan Root, the daughter of a coffee planter from England and a safari guide herself, was best known for the 1976 film Balloon Safari over Kilimanjaro , which she made with her husband Alan Root . Most recently she lived for several decades on her farm, Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi , where she was murdered in early 2006.

See also

  • The Blood of the Rose, directed by Henry Singer (2009)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Blood of the Rose
personal data
SURNAME Root, Joan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Root, Joan Wells; Thorpe, Joan Wells
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kenyan wildlife filmmaker
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Nairobi
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2006
Place of death Naivasha , Kenya