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Blood Orange: Untold Sagas for Film and Television

Blood Orange Media develops original content that showcases everything eclectic, and inimitable about South Asian culture. Principal Simone Ahuja created Blood Orange to produce a wide variety of broadcast programming that spans travel, historical, lifestyle, human interest, business, and world culture genres. Blood Orange is based in Minneapolis, USA and Bombay, India, with affiliate producers and creative staff around the world.

Blood Orange travels regularly to South Asia to seek out the untold sagas and stories of the rapidly evolving subcontinent. The team's experience developing films, documentaries, and programming is the driving force for Blood Orange. Each program provides an insider's perspective into the cultural, social, and economic evolution of India and surrounding nations. The result is compelling programming that helps viewers to understand the relevance of changes in the region.

Simone began her career by performing and teaching improvisational and traditional theater, eventually moving into film and television. In addition to numerous independent productions, she has produced and directed programming for PBS, CNBC. Blood Orange Media is the culmination of her dream to bring a greater understanding about South Asia to a global audience.

Creative Excellence Through Partnership

Blood Orange creates programming with an in-house development team, supported by strategic alliances including broadcasting professionals and consultants. Through these partnerships Blood Orange content is adapted to serve a range of media platforms including broadcast television, video-on-demand, mobile content, and films on the web, as well as theatrical documentary release. Some of Blood Orange's producing partners include:

Creative Partners

Channel Z - Jim Stanger, Editor, Consulting Director

Channel Z is an award winning post-production house that edits television commercials and feature films. Jim is an award winning film director and commercial editor whose credits include work with Porsche, Harrah's Casino, Ikea, and Harley Davidson. Jim is also the editor of recent Independent Spirit Award winner, "Sweet Land".

Jeetu Chawla - Consulting Producer and Editor

Jeetu is an acclaimed feature film and television producer in India, and is often referred to as India’s best editor.

Pushan Kripalani - Cinematographer and Creative Consultant

Raised in Bombay, India, Pushan attended film school in the UK and has worked on several feature and documentary films. He works with notable Indian and international channels including the BBC.

Imtiaz Barolia – Consulting Producer

Imtiaz is a celebrated television producer in India, having won multiple awards for his programs including the critically acclaimed human rights program, "Haqueeqat".

Mark Byers - Consulting Producer

Mark is a film and television producer based out of Los Angeles, CA, USA, whose works span the globe. Mark has been instrumental in the success of numerous international productions.

Pramod Mathur - Consulting Director

Pramod is an accomplished videographer and the director of Chai City TV, a program airing its seventh season on Public Television in the U.S.

Director of Business Development

Claire Ruebeck

Claire Ruebeck serves as Director of Business Development for Blood Orange Media. Claire's extensive background in corporate and small business financial services, as well as a history of involvement in the arts makes her a strong addition to the Blood Orange team. Claire can be reached at claire@blood-orange.com

Distribution Partners

NETA - National Educational Telecommunications Association

The National Educational Telecommunications Association is a professional association that serves public television licensees and educational entities in all 50 states, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.
www.netaonline.org

Excel Home Videos

Excel Home Videos is the Home Entertainment distribution and marketing arm of Excel Productions AudioVisuals Pvt. Ltd, and is the exclusive Home Entertainment licensee to Twentieth Century Fox, and Buena Vista International. Headquartered in Mumbai, and reaching over 6000 retail/rental outlets, Excel has the most effective Home Video distribution network spanning 91 cities in India.
www.excelhomevideos.com

Marketing & Public Relations Partner

Simi Ahuja

Simi Ahuja is the managing director of Simi Ahuja and Associates, a full service marketing and communications firm that links Asian and US businesses. The firm offers fully integrated marketing, business development, and PR solutions. Simi has also served as the director of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE) in the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Technology Partner

Ananta Technologies

Ananta Technologies delivers technology-enabled solutions that grow with the innovation inherent in today's media industry. By applying proven methodologies and innovative, industry adapted solutions, Ananta Technologies collaborates with their partners to enhance and innovate, helping them support and transform their businesses to realize measurable competitive advantage.

Design Partner

Pramila Vasudevan for Aniccha Arts

Pramila Vasudevan is an interactive artist and designer based in the Twin Cities, creating striking print, web and performance work that are of political relevance today. She investigates various forms of contemporary world and South Asian aesthetics, and supports projects that further this interest.

Web Partner

David Krupinski

David Krupinski is a Twin Cities based web designer and application developer.

Community Partner

Pangea World Theater

Pangea World Theater is committed to international works, styles and traditions that illuminates the human condition, end divisiveness and celebrate difference. Pangea World Theater begins from the fundamental paradigm of diversity in the world. Our work expresses this reality and our organization advances this possibility consciously.

South Asian Women's Leadership Forum (SAWLF)

A platform for the next generation of South Asian women leaders, SAWLF provides meaningful and robust opportunities to interact with peers in order to exchange ideas and leverage professional resources.
www.southasianwomen.org

Broadcast Partner

Twin Cities Public Television

Twin Cities Public Television (tpt) is a PBS affiliate and one of the most watched member stations in the nation. It’s goal is to "harness the power of television and other media for the public good." A not-for-profit educational, civic, and cultural resource, tpt presents original productions for national and state broadcast. Some of tpt's award-winning programming includes the Emmy Award-winning Benjamin Franklin; the Emmy-winning The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s; and the Emmy-winning Suze Orman: The Laws of Money.
www.tpt.org