We Too Are Children of Honduras is a film which features the stories of six indigenous women from Brus Laguna, La Moskitia. Located in the remote Rio Platano Biosphere, Brus Laguna boasts an educational system reflective of the Honduran government’s relationship with its North-Coastal indigenous communities. Due to the negligent state presence in the Biosphere over the last 70 years, the lagoon’s economic, political, and educational infrastructures have deteriorated to the point of stagnation.
Under the shadow of an absent central government, however, women have begun leaving La Moskitia in pursuit of higher education. The past 15 years have been marked by historical change for the communities in La Moskitia. Catalyzed by the initial stages of the push for women’s education in the biosphere, We Too Are Children of Honduras provides an intimate view of the myriad current social and political barricades which threaten both the critical development of education in region and the quality of life for future generations.
The Miskita educational movement illustrates the effect of state complacency and the determination of indigenous women in pursuit of prosperity.
This documentary was independently filmed and edited by Brianna Kendall, Brown ‘20.
