by Windy Borman | Mar 10, 2010 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
In preparation for Thailand’s National Elephant Day on March 13, the Prostheses Foundation began molding a new prosthetic leg for elephant landmine survivor, Motala. Motala stepped on a landmine on August 15, 1999. She received her first prosthetic limb 10...
by Windy Borman | Dec 13, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE
December 12, 2009–New patient who arrived yesterday, MaeNoi, an eleven year old pregnant elephant, has been relieved from bloat. MaeNoi is already 15 months pregnant which means she was pregnant when she was only less than 10 years old. [According to Wikipedia, female...
by Windy Borman | Oct 27, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
The San Francisco Chronicle covered The Eyes of Thailand Work-in-Progress Clip premiere on October 21, 2009. Here is an excerpt: Having shot movies on four continents, San Francisco filmmaker Windy Borman had seen it all – until she came across the...
by Windy Borman | Aug 20, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from the Director
Today I joined my friend, Peter, on a trip to Northern Thailand. We stopped along the highway so I could film the scenic spots (i.e. rice patties at the base of mountains) and eventually made it to Mae Sai, the northern-most city in Thailand, bordering Myanmar...
by Windy Borman | Jul 31, 2009 | Eyes of Thailand, Notes from Soraida and FAE, Notes from the Director
This morning I received a wonderful message from Soraida Salwala, the founder of FAE: Motala’s prosthetic leg has just been scheduled to 15-16 August, 2009. Ten years from her tragic accident. I just cannot wait. This morning she tried to walk to Kamchan and I...
