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 world’s first elephant hospital in Thailand two years ago, where the enormous patients were being treated for everything from eye infections to gunshot wounds. In July, when she heard that some elephants at the hospital, victims of exploding land mines, were getting new legs, Borman raised some quick cash, jumped on a plane and finished shooting “The Eyes of Thailand,” a documentary about the hospital, to be released next year. We caught a clip of the film last week at a post-production fundraiser in North Beach. Trust us: You haven’t seen anything until you’ve watched an Asian elephant in the forest take its first steps on a prosthetic leg. Jaws hit the floor.

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Thank you to everyone who came to the post-production fundraiser for The Eyes of Thailand on Oct 21, 2009! The documentary is timely, poignant, heartfelt and needs to be distributed in 2010 to tell the world about the plight of endangered Asian Elephants.

To make an online tax-deductible donation through the film’s fiscal sponsor, The San Francisco Film Society, please visit http://www.eyesofthailand.com and click “Donate Now”.

We are seeking post-production funds to edit and distribute The Eyes of Thailand in 2010. For more information, contact Producer/Director Windy Borman at: info@eyesofthailand.com

Thank you!

Windy Borman
Producer, Writer and Director, The Eyes of Thailand

Thank you to everyone who attended The Eyes of Thailand Work-in-Progress Clip premiere at King of Thai Noodle, viewed the clip online, and participated in the 3-Day Buy Chocolate, Save Elephants online fundraiser through Choclatique.

The fundraising results are in and I’m happy to report we raised:

$615.00 from donations at the door

$115.95 through chocolate sales at Choclatique

All donations are tax-deductible through the film’s fiscal sponsor, the San Francisco Film Society, and go toward the post-production costs of editing and distributing The Eyes of Thailand documentary in 2010.

Based on the success of the fundraiser and requests from our Facebook group members, I will re-release the Work-in-Progress clip (with a new link and password) in November 2009.  In order to receive the password, please join The Eyes of Thailand Facebook Group. Please stay tuned for more details…

Thank you again for all your support!

Windy Borman

Producer, Writer and Director, The Eyes of Thailand

P.S. To learn more about the film, view the trailer (different from the work-in-progress clip), and make a tax-deductible donation to the film, please visit http://www.eyesofthailand.com