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Carrera para Protesis para la Vida

We are now very excited to announce that on March 3rd 2012, The Prosthetics For Life Foundation will be holding the first Ecuadorian 5k run featuring 2 Ecuadorian amputee runners using for the very first time, high tech running blades provided by Freedom Innovations.

I’ve seen these prothetics in action and it’s nothing short of amazing. The technology of carbon fiber running blades with the shear determination of these amputees, is moving and inspiring.

I was asked to produce two short TV commercials for the race – a 30 second spot and a 60 second spot. Both will be aired on national television throughout Ecuador and Columbia. See the 30 second ad here:

The runner featured in the ad is “Gato”, a woodworker amputee who lost his leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident. We understand that it wasn’t the accident that took his leg, but in fact the wait in the ambulance going to the hospital. There was a protest in which all the roads were blocked and closed for over 12 hours. This wait is what caused him to lose his leg.

Gato has been training and working hard at running with his new blade and told me he’s actually been wearing it at work because it makes him feel like he’s flying.

Stay tuned for more info on the race and the documentary.

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Jaime Byrd is an award winning director, DP, and editor for Blind Lyle Films.  She studied Fine Arts and Music at California State University of Los Angeles. She is now producing a documentary in Ecuador for the Prosthetics For Life Foundation.

She has produced, directed, and/or edited multiple shorts, a TV pilot, several award winning commercials, an award winning web series, multiple documentaries, a cooking show, and music videos.

She helped produce the TV pilot show “Talker” (featuring Jay Thomas, Tim Matheson, and Sharon Lawrence), which won best actor, best director, and best comedy at the 2011 International TV awards in Los Angeles.