by Windy Borman | Dec 6, 2021 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
Being a Producer/Director sometimes means wearing many hats, but in the R&D phase, a more accurate description would be that different parts of my brain are firing simultaneously. While the Director side of my brain is busy putting the creative elements together...
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by Windy Borman | Jun 1, 2021 | Featured Article, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Women and non-binary people have long understood the power of plant medicine. We invite all of humanity to explore the healing power of cannabis and look to the womxn as our guides. We began filming “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed” in February 2016. At the time we...
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by Windy Borman | May 2, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Mary Janes: The Women of Weed has always been a celebration of women and cannabis. Originally a cannabis outsider, I became intrigued by the cannabis industry when I learned women represent 37% of senior leadership in cannabis. The national average is 21%, so there...
by Windy Borman | Feb 17, 2021 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Lately I’ve been reflecting on allyship. For me it is an active state, not a passive one, and it requires constant vigilance, learning, and re-learning. This month I am reading “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by...
by Windy Borman | Oct 5, 2020 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
I recently updated the Electronic Press Kit (EPK) for my documentary film MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED. I do this periodically to keep the content and the images fresh, as well as to double check the links work. (Few things spike the blood pressure like sending a...
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by Windy Borman | Jun 30, 2020 | Feminist Film Theory, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Who we see on camera and what they do informs our cultural narratives about power, privilege, rights, and worthiness. Consider the top 100 films each year in the past 13 years. How many had a Black, Latinx, Asian, or Indigenous leading character? How many had a...
