Documentary Advocacy Nonprofit
Some people are cast aside by the systems built to protect them. Castaway Warriors exists to find them, document their stories, and fight alongside them until they are seen.
"We exist because some people are cast aside by the systems built to protect them. Castaway Warriors exists to find them, film them, and fight alongside them until they are seen."
Malinda Baum — Founder, Castaway Warriors
Where We Fight
Each of these issues shares a common thread: the people most affected are the least likely to be heard. We use documentary film and advocacy storytelling to change that.
Female firefighters face the same toxic exposures as their male counterparts — but the laws designed to protect them were written without their biology in mind. We document the gap and the people fighting to close it.
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Behind every statistic is a person — with a history, a story, and a set of circumstances that a broken system failed to catch. We put faces and voices to the numbers society has learned to walk past.
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Elder abuse is one of the most underreported crimes in America. Its victims are often isolated, dependent, and without a voice. We give them one — and we make sure the people responsible can no longer hide in the silence.
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Human trafficking thrives in silence. It happens in plain sight — in neighborhoods, schools, and online. Education and visibility are our most powerful tools. We break the silence one story at a time.
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Who We Are
Founded in 2026 by Malinda Baum — a former firefighter, breast cancer survivor, and documentary filmmaker — Castaway Warriors was built on the belief that a camera pointed at the truth makes the truth impossible to ignore.
We don't just tell stories. We fight alongside the people in them.
Our StoryA Sister Organization Of
Tattered Memories ProductionsDocumentary film production company behind Brotherhood, Rewritten and before i lay me down to sleep
