Karin Hayes

Karin Hayes is a filmmaker who has worked as a field/associate producer on documentaries for PBS, National Geographic Channel, the Travel Channel, the Discovery Channel, and with The Cronkite Ward Company for TLC. Prior to filmmaking, she attended the University of Guadalajara in Mexico, and lived in Costa Rica for a year to attend the Universidad de Costa Rica. After graduating from UCLA’s department of Worlds Arts & Cultures, she headed to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC to assist with the Grassroots Culture and Development in Latin America Folklife Festival program.

The Kidnapping of Ingrid Betancourt
A film by Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes, 2003, 76 min., Color
In February 2002, in the midst of her controversial campaign for president, Senator Ingrid Betancourt was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces ...