About RECLAIMING
SYNOPSIS
CREDITS
Director: Gianna Haro Vallazza
Co-director, Co-writer, Editor: Gaby Munoz G.
Co-producer, Editor: Oscar X Illingworth
Co-director of Photography: Erick Ramos
Music and Sound Design: Juan Diego Illescas
Pre-production: Liza Diaz
Graphic Design: Emily McFarling
Color Grading: Diego Cortez
Editor: Roberto Passailaigue
Environmental Consultant: Juan de Dios Morales
About the Filmmakers
An ecuadorian filmmaker from the Galápagos Islands. Gianna is a Biologist from UC Santa Barbara and holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Management from Cornell University. She’s also a Nat Geo Certified Field Educator and Certified Naturalist Guide that believes in the need to tell stories to make a positive impact in this world.
Calls to Action:
As a child from the Galápagos Islands, I spent most of my time outside, swimming with sea lions and marine iguanas, collecting dead insects and plants making up scientific names for them to store them in jars in my basement. I spent most of my time surrounded by nature and found comfort mostly around animals. After a few years, becoming a naturalist guide introduced me to amazing people with inspiring stories.
The story of Lynn and Tui was one that hit close to home, that inspired me as a young woman in science and that has the power to inspire many more. Through their tenacious character and triumphant tales, we aim to visibilize their story and pass along their legacy to new generations. With the goal to inspire more girls and women to pursue the field of science and conservation.
Today, only 13% of the 33,000 inhabitants in the world’s most famous natural laboratory are women working in science. In the face of climate change and its profound impacts on women, this film highlights the urgent need for more women in conservation and science, especially in fragile and unique environments like the Galápagos Islands.
