Friday Sep 16, 2016

"LOST KITES"

Casey Walker

Screenwriter, Lost Kites documentary Voice for the Voiceless

Introduced by: Bob Holert

“LOST KITES” is a full-length feature documentary that captures the stories of three abandoned kids braving their way, and a film team that discovers a call to restore families.

“Lost Kites” was produced by a team of six filmmakers who set out on a journey to find solutions to the global orphan crisis. After two documentary projects and overseas volunteer service in Argentina, Panama, Rwanda, Uganda, India and Nepal with media advocacy non-profit, A Voice for the Voiceless, the team  gathered in 2013 to plan and begin a two-year journey to 22 nations. A crowd-funding campaign, coupled with the team’s personal contributions, allowed the completion of the filming and post-production.

Today’s speaker Casey Walker, one of the “Lost Kites” team members, will discuss the mission, objectives and findings of their “orphan” study.

About the Speaker

Casey Walker is a Seattleite with a love to write. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington and became head of the Research & Writing department for the international non-profit, Global Breakthrough for 1 year and later joined Voice for the Voiceless and the Lost Kites team developing the documentary. Passionate for justice, she has travelled the world developing reports and writing screen plays for short films that cover topics such as human trafficking, children with disabilities, AIDS and more.