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Rafea: Solar Mama

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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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Status: Released

Released Date: 2012-09-10

Runtime: 75 mins

Director: Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim

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Genres: Documentary

Original title: Rafea: Solar Mama

Production Companies: ITVS, Plus Pictures, JustFilms / Ford Foundation, Tribeca Film Institute, Noujaim Films

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