Directors:
Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim
Initial release:
September 10, 2012
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Rafea: Solar Mama
Rafea is a Bedouin woman who lives with her four daughters in one of Jordan’s poorest desert villages on the Iraqi border. She is given a chance to travel to India to attend the Barefoot College, where illiterate grandmothers from around the world are trained in 6 months to be solar engineers. If Rafea succeeds, she will be able to electrify her village, train more engineers, and provide for her daughters. Even when she returns as the first female solar engineer in the country, her real challenge will have just begun. Will she find support for her new venture? Will she be able to inspire the other women in the village to join her and change their lives? And most importantly, will she be able to re-wire the traditional minds of the Bedouin community that stand in her way?

PRODUCED BY
Karim Amer
Mary Bredin
Mary Callery
Risa Cohen
Tommaso Colognese
Frank Falcone
Mimi Polk Gitlin
Angelina Jolie
Nora Keely
Anthony Leo

MUSIC BY
Jeff Danna
Mychael Danna

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY
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Tomm Moore
Jehane Noujaim
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Andrew Rosen
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THANKS
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