Women of the Wild Episode 1: Mexico 

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Wildlife protection officers defending protected areas are perhaps our world’s most passionate and knowledgeable champions of wildlife, but we don’t often get the chance to learn from them in their remote corners of the world. It is particularly rare for us to hear from women working in this historically male-dominated profession. There are, however, many bold and talented women protecting wildlife in the field, and they have riveting stories to tell. In this series, strong female wildlife protection officers defending important parks and species around the world share their perspectives on wildlife conservation, explaining the critical threats to wildlife that they are witnessing on the ground.

In this pilot episode of the Women of the Wild documentary series, correspondent and National Geographic Explorer Molly Ferrill follows National Park Director Maricarmen Garcia Rivas, an expert in marine life, through an eventful day in her life protecting the National Reef Park of Puerto Morelos in Mexico, which forms part of the second largest barrier reef system in the world. Maricarmen takes us on a journey to show us her daily fight to preserve the coral reef and the whale sharks, manta rays, and sea turtles that depend upon it for survival.

Supported by National Geographic Society and Pangaea World Foundation. 

Equipo/Crew:

Dirección/Director: Molly Ferrill & Jaye Callahan
Producción / Producer: Molly Ferrill, Luis Palomino Benítez, Brandon Lewis
Guión/Screenplay: Molly Ferrill
Fotografía/Cinematography: Luis Posada, Armando Gasse
Edición/Editing: Julián Sarmiento, Luis Palomino Benítez
Diseño de Sonido/Sound Design: Alejandro Ramírez
Corrección de color/Color grading: Molly Ferrill
Musicalización/ Film scoring: Luis Palomino Benítez

Reparto/Cast:

Park Ranger/ Guardaparque – Maricarmen García
Host/ Presentadora – Molly Ferrill
Narrator/ Narradora – Molly Ferrill