A figure in the ecological cause in France, Lamya Essemlali heads the NGO Sea Shepherd France, an ocean protection organization. From his city in the Paris suburbs to the North Sea, “Special Envoy” retraces the stages of his commitment.
Nothing predestined Lamya Essemlali to her vocation: to lead the NGO Sea Shepherd France, an ocean protection organization. Daughter of Moroccan immigrants, raised in the Paris suburbs by a housekeeper mother, far from any environmental awareness, Lamya Essemlali has become one of the rising voices of the ecological cause in France. From his concrete city to the North Sea, this unique portrait retraces the stages of his commitment and his incredible rise.
A decisive meeting
“Special Envoy” followed her aboard his boat in pursuit of factory trawlers for the “Ocean Killers” mission; in Brittany where it has just opened a care center for injured animals; and in Gennevilliers where she grew up dreaming of freedom. She looks back on the birth of her convictions and her decisive meeting with the founder of Sea Shepherd, Captain Paul Watson, to whom she is today the heir.
A report by Laura El Makki, Mathilde Gautry, Nicolas Bellemon, Alexandre Rossignol, Alexandre Basso, Franck Nozal and Frédéric Decossas / Cover Films, broadcast in “Envoyéspecial” on May 2, 2024.
