{"id":21995,"date":"2025-08-12T16:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/letstalkaboutwater.org\/staging\/?page_id=21995"},"modified":"2025-08-12T16:50:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T20:50:46","slug":"the-serpent-of-shelmeca-honduras","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/letstalkaboutwater.org\/staging\/water-film-library\/the-serpent-of-shelmeca-honduras\/","title":{"rendered":"The Serpent of Shelmeca (Honduras)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"21995\" class=\"elementor elementor-21995\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b5693a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b5693a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e34334 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"7e34334\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/VkISoUArEwg&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6ad86 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6f6ad86\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8131e53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8131e53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Filmaker:<\/strong> Laura Helena Berm\u00fadez<\/p><p><strong>Country:<\/strong> Honduras<\/p><p><strong>Year:<\/strong> 2023<\/p><p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p1\">In &#8220;La Serpiente de Shelmeca&#8221;, Wildres Wood, the first biologist from the Miskitu ethnic group, embarks on a journey to the heart of the second most important rainforest in the Americas.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cFor me as a woman and a filmmaker, it is important to tell the story of \u2018La Serpiente de Shelmeca\u2019 through its protagonist, seeking in this way to decolonize our narratives from her perspective, in which the true stories and ancestral traditions are lived,\u201d explains filmmaker Laura Berm\u00fadez.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">\u201cWildres Wood is the first Miskitu biologist, her struggle, strength, passion and leadership motivate me to bring this story to the screen, because it is urgent to know the reality, that reality that endangers the second largest lung in America, the Biosphere of the R\u00edo Pl\u00e1tano.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"p1\">&#8220;La Serpiente de Shelmeca&#8221; 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