by Windy Borman | Sep 13, 2010 | DVA Productions Blog, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
When the Mine Ban Treaty parties adopted the Cartagena Action Plan at the Cartagena Summit on a Mine-Free World in December 2009, they committed to “make use of synergies with other relevant instruments of international humanitarian and human rights law.”...
by Windy Borman | Jul 7, 2010 | Action Alert, DVA Productions Blog, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
July 7, 2010– A letter signed by 68 U.S. senators, asking the administration to join the Mine Ban Treaty, was delivered to President Obama on 18 May 2010. The fact that there are 68 signatories is especially important given that accession to the treaty must be...
by Windy Borman | Jul 6, 2010 | DVA Productions Blog, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
July 6, 2010– Last night I watched the documentary, Disarm. Here is the description from Amazon.com: Evocative, visually stunning, and utterly unforgettable, DISARM spans a dozen countries to look at how, despite a global ban, millions of antipersonnel mines...
by Windy Borman | Apr 29, 2010 | DVA Productions Blog, Media Productions Blog, The Team
April 29, 2010– I recently returned from the 2010 Newport Beach Film Festival where I saw the west coast premiere of My Run, a documentary about a single father who ran from Minnesota to Atlanta in order to bring awareness to single parents, directed and...