This Filmmaker Uses Her Craft to Bring Attention to Struggles and Potential of Amputees
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Lindsey Hagen is an executive producer at Stept Studios, where she produces commercials and other short films. Recently, she turned her lens on amputees in Ecuador, where many do not receive the care they need. She successfully raised $10,000 on CaringCrowd for the film.
Now, she’s raising money again using CaringCrowd, for the Range of Motion Project or ROMP, for a pilot program in Guatemala. Be sure to watch the full interview with Lindsey at in the player at the top of this article.
Preliminary Interview with Lindsey Hagen, the Executive Producer of Stept Studios.
The following is a brief pre-interview that provides context for the recorded interview you may watch or listen to at the top of this article.
Crowdfunding page: caringcrowd.org/lindsey-hagen
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It funded the film for The Range of Motion Project, titled La Cumbre:
More about Stept Studios:
Twitter: @steptstudios
Facebook: facebook.com/SteptStudios
Website: steptstudios.com
More about the Range of Motion Project – ROMP
Twitter: @ROMPglobal
Facebook: facebook.com/ROMPglobal
Website: rompglobal.org
Stept is a creatively integrated production studio
For-profit or Nonprofit: 501(c)3 Nonprofit
La Cumbre Film: https://www.rei.com/blog/climb/rei-presents-la-cumbre
Lindsey Hagen
Photo credit: Lindsey Hagen
Lindsey Hagen’s bio:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-hagen-2770b836/
Instagram: @linze3
Lindsey Hagen is a filmmaker with a passion for the helping others. Through film Lindsey has dedicated her life to creating opportunity for under served and under represented populations. Lindsey has a background working with adaptive athletes and uses her skill set to give a voice and platform for the voices seldom heard.
Preliminary Interview with Derek Fetzer, the co-founder of CaringCrowd.
The following is a brief pre-interview that provides context for the recorded interview you may watch or listen to at the top of this article.
Crowdfunding page: http://caringcrowd.org
More about CaringCrowd:
Twitter: @caringcrowd
Facebook: facebook.com/CaringCrowdPublicHealth
Website: caringcrowd.org
CaringCrowd(R) is a crowdfunding site 100% dedicated to global public health. Individuals who want to support public health can browse projects that need funding and make a pledge to help. Any 501(c)(3) non-profit can submit a project and funding goal for consideration on the platform. Then, submitted projects are reviewed by a team of advisors to ensure they fall within our definition of public health. This platform was created by Johnson & Johnson as a driver for collaboration on global public health, and as a new way to bring funding to organizations tackling key public health challenges on the ground.
Johnson & Johnson: https://www.jnj.com/caring-and-giving
Derek Fetzer
Photo Credit: Caring Crowd
Derek Fetzer’s bio:
Twitter: @derekfetzer
Linkedin: http://linkedin.com/in/derekfetzer
Co-founder and Team Leader of CARINGCROWD®. Originally an industrial engineer from Peru and from Purdue University, Derek has over 23 years of strategy, consulting, and business analytics experience across different industries, spanning the US, EU, and Latin America. For the last 10 years, Derek has worked in the area of infectious diseases, collaborating on key product launches in HIV/AIDS, HCV, and tuberculosis. His career interest is in improving access to healthcare around the world by empowering the “crowd.”
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