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Rafea: Solar Mama(Movie, 2012)

1h 15min | Genre: Documentary

Rating: 4.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Rafea: Solar Mama is an 2012 American documentary film, directed by Jehane Noujaim and Mona Eldaief. It follows Rafea, an illiterate Jordanian Bedouin as she follows her aspirations of lighting up her village by harnessing the power of solar energy by enrolling in the Barefoot College solar program in India. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2012. It was released on November 5, 2012, by PBS, as part of the Why Poverty? project. ()

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Rafea: Solar Mama follows the groundbreaking journey of one Bedouin mother living on the Jordan-Iraq border who, along with thirty illiterate grandmothers from around the world, will travel to The Barefoot College in India to become Solar Engineers. (TIFF)

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Additional Information

Made by: ITVS, Noujaim Films, Plus Pictures, Tribeca Film Institute, JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Original language: English (EN)

Translated into 2 languages: English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 09/10/2012

Cast: Bunker Roy

Director: Jehane Noujaim

Keywords: solar energy, woman director, iraq

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