Rafea: Solar Mama (2012)
- Directed by
- Jehane Noujaim
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Egypt, Denmark, United States
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Rating
- 9.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An illiterate Bedouin woman from Jordan travels to India to learn how to install solar panels. The film follows her journey to bring electricity to her village.
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What happens
Rafea: Solar Mama is a 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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