by Windy Borman | Mar 28, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
I have a confession to make: I’m a 37-year old woman and last week I tried weed for the first time. What took me so long? First, I grew up under the D.A.R.E. generation’s mantra of “Just Say No” and the propaganda that marijuana was “a gateway drug”. With addiction in...
by Windy Borman | Mar 1, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Nominate A Puffragette
Emily Paxhia shifted her focus entirely to the cannabis industry in 2013. Since that time, she has taken her experience of researching markets, companies and strategic opportunities and turned it entirely to the world of cannabis. Prior to that, she had 15+ years...
by Windy Borman | Feb 13, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Media
‘I had never tried cannabis,’ Windy shares laughing. ‘But I am definitely open for it after all I have learned while making this film.’ One of the reasons Windy never tried it, was because of the stoner image of cannabis. ‘Some people,...
by Windy Borman | Feb 10, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Media
Windy Borman knows how to make an entrance. Her debut film The Eyes of Thailand won 10 festival awards and countless accolades profiling Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE), a 200-acre hospital in Thailand that builds prosthetics for elephants injured by landmines....
by Windy Borman | Feb 9, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Media
“On November 8th of 2016, when Prop 64 passed legalizing recreational marijuana, I thought this was primarily a victory for people who smoke weed. I realized it was also good news for people who sell weed, and for people who would see their weed convictions...