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Rudewater offers a special facility for film schools around the world, including scholarships for student film makers and special educational discounts on footage and services. Scholarship provide footage and stills upto a value of US$5000, for stories on human interest, social issues or subjects relating to South Asia or the Islamic world. Special projects and team efforts organized by teachers and professors may also qualify for footage and on the ground services, including crew and equipment.

California based nonprofit ‘Be The Cause’ took a team of 17 volunteers to South Africa to work at an orphanage. When stock footage was required to complete the film, Rudewater was there with the exact visuals that were needed.

In April 2005 the Volunteers of Orange County California were honored in an awards ceremony, including a film in honor of these volunteers. Rudewater is proud to have provided some of the footage for this project.

Rudewater has provided media content for creating fund raisers for some very important causes, including Special Olympics, See how your NGO or nonprofit can benefit from a relationship with us.

Outsourcing is a big buzzword going around these days. New footage has been added to our growing collection this week covering outsourcing of services to South asian locations. Footage includes Call Centers, Computer Manufacturing, Sporting Goods, Garment, Back Office Services, and Surgical Instruments.


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Exciting Footage from the East

Film makers all over the world are exploring themes related to the culture of Islam. One important theme is the empowerment of women, with stories of triumph, overcoming insurmountable odds, and winning rights which thus far were thought of as impossible. Rudewater celebrates this not so quiet revolution with powerful footage of Muslim women in the workplace, educational settings, family situations, rural and urban enterprises.

In the upcoming documentary on the empowerment of women in the Muslim world, Rudewater footage is prominently featured.
Production Companies

Rudewater is specially structured to serve production companies around the world as a reliable partner for quality footage, stills, media, and on the ground services. A combination of research services, access to a huge library of royalty free and licensed footage over a wide range of subjects, and the ability to source or shoot specific content on demand, facilitate projects dealing with South Asia and the Middle East.

On Demand Footage Services

When California based film maker Marriam Azam needed footage for her upcoming film on survival stories of children living on the streets of South Asia, she chose to work with Rudewater to compliment her own superb visuals with footage shot and delivered to her required specifications. Not only did she get the exact shots she needed but also saved on time and funds, enabling her to stay within budget.

Rudewater offers a unique service of providing footage on demand, shot to specification, saving film-makers huge amounts in travel, crew and equipment costs. Footage is available in both SD and HD formats. Location teams work in the South Asia Middle East region with virtually hassle free access to all areas. Complete familiarity with local customs, traditions, dos and don'ts and cultural sensitivities, go a long way towards getting authentic footage and interviews. Between all the team members there is full command of all local languages and dialects including Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Punjabi, Pushto, and English of course.

Upcoming Documentaries

Footage and stills from Rudewater are featured in several upcoming documentary productions including the following:

“ Venice Beat ” is a film about the Venice Beach Drum Circle which has been around for over 25 years. This vibrant piece combines interviews, powerful rhythms, dancing, and of course endless drumming. Rudewater provided most of the establishing and environmental shots of life in and around Venice Beach. www.venicebeatmovie.com

" Ten Days of Muharram " is a film about the rituals carried out for the first ten days of the Islamic month of Muharram by Shia Muslims all over the world to mourn the martyrdom Imam Hussein (the grandson of Prophet Muhammad). Clips of holy places in Iraq, as well as some very rare shots of collective self flagellation with chains and knives were used.

Scholarship Award for “The Veil”

Graduating student Karl Kottman (UCI Film School) embarked on an adventurous mission of making a unique film about the veil. The story revolves around young Muslim women living in permissive western cultures but taking on modest Islamic attire, while their counterparts in the more traditional societies of the East are shedding them for sleeveless blouses, tight jeans and bare midriffs. The story goes beyond dress and attire and explores the philosophy and motivation behind the change. Karl applied and qualified for a Rudewater Scholarship and received stock and custom footage for his project through Rudewater.

Rudewater offers a special facility for film schools around the world, including scholarships for student film makers and special educational discounts on footage and services. Scholarships provide footage and stills up to a value of US$5000, for stories on human interest, social issues or subjects relating to South Asia or the Islamic world. Special projects and team efforts organized by teachers and professors may also qualify for footage and on the ground services, including crew and equipment.