The debut interview features Raquel Clemente Martins, a visionary filmmaker and a passionate member of The Explorers Club’s Portuguese chapter. During the captivating dialogue, Martins reveals the profound history and underlying philosophy of her monumental documentary project, Women from the Sea. Having already gathered emotional, firsthand testimonies from over 700 women across diverse global coastal communities. Including the rugged islands of the Azores, the coasts of Ireland, Norway, Lebanon and more! Her work serves as a vital bridge between personal experience and environmental advocacy.

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The film actively seeks to foster marine sustainability, protect fragile biodiversity, and elevate voices that speak directly from the heart. Instead of just analysing cold scientific metrics or dry bureaucratic reports, Martins’ work highlights a shared spiritual and restorative bond with the ocean. She emphasises that society must fundamentally shift its perspective, urging us to stop viewing living ecosystems through a purely capitalist dollar sign.

From her early post-production days in the late 1980s to her impactful, ongoing work with Women from the Sea and various other initiatives that can be found at helpimages.org that aim for a better world, Raquel Clemente Martins’ artistic trajectory beautifully fuses raw, technical creativity with an uncompromising message of hope and civic belonging. Her journey is a testament to the power of storytelling to heal our connection with nature. Dive into this first episode today to get inspired by the resilience and vision of those protecting our blue planet.

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