by Windy Borman | May 24, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
“Richard Lair, from San Francisco, California, has intensively studied the Asian elephant for 27 years and is presently Advisor and International Relations Officer at the National Elephant Institute of Thailand, based at the Forest Industry Organization’s...
by Windy Borman | May 23, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
On May 15, 2009, the San Diego Zoo moved several of its elephants, which include 6 Asian Elephants, using crates and cranes to their new home “Elephant Odyssey”, which opens May 23, 2009. You can read more about the move by reading Ron Ringer’s blog...
by Windy Borman | May 22, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Usually when I mention I’m producing “The Eyes of Thailand”, a documentary on the Friends of the Asian Elephant (FAE) Elephant Hospital, someone in the group asks, “Is that near where they have the painting elephants?”, obviously...
by Windy Borman | May 13, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
According to this China Post article from April 25, 2009, the Thai government has tabled a proposed ban on the export of Thai Asian elephants due to the staggering decline of both domesticated and wild elephants in the country. They currently estimate that over 200...
by Windy Borman | May 6, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
In 2007, I had the opportunity to travel to northern Thailand with the director of the Chiang Mai Project, Sherie Guilliat. I had a feeling that the trip would be a pivotal event in my career as a documentary filmmaker, but I had no idea how inspired I would be to...
