“Into the Okavango” (2018)

Kaya worked on the feature-length documentary, Into the Okavango, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 and Hollywood Reporter called “transporting.” From National Geographic Documentary Films, the film chronicles a team of modern-day explorers on their first epic four-month, 1,500-mile expedition across three countries to save the river system that feeds the Okavango Delta, one of our planet's last wetland wildernesses. Kaya worked on the film as a co-producer, assistant editor, camera operator and camera assistant from 2014 through the film’s completion. Currently available on Disney+. Visit the logo below to watch the full film.

Nomination & Awards

• Producer’s Guild 2019 Best Documentary Nominee

• News & Documentary Emmy Awards Nominee for Outstanding Nature Documentary in 2019

• Cinema Eye Honors 2020 for Outstanding Achievement in Broadcast Cinematography

• Nashville Film Festival Spectrum Audience Award Winner 2019