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...
by Windy Borman | Jun 12, 2020 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
Black Lives Matter. George Floyd. Breonna Taylor. Ahmaud Arbery. And too many others have lost their lives to racist federal, state, and interpersonal violence. We join all calls for justice and systemic changes, from the federal and state governments all the way down...
by Windy Borman | Jun 9, 2020 | DVA Productions Blog, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
I founded DVA Productions as a socially conscious production company in 2006. As a white, female-owned company, I believe we have walked this socially conscious walk over the past 14 years. However, being “socially conscious” is not enough. If we truly...
by Windy Borman | Mar 26, 2020 | Eyes of Thailand, Founder's Note, LinkedIn Posts, Mary Janes Blog, Media Productions Blog, Notes from the Director
You’re going to Write, Revise, and Revise again. In narrative filmmaking there is a saying: “You write your film three times. You write it in Development. You rewrite it on Set. And then you rewrite it again in the Edit”. Another saying is: “Writing is Revising”....
