Rafea: Solar Mama
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| Produced by | Mette Heide |
| Cinematography | Mona Eldaief |
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| Music by | Jonas Colstrup |
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| Distributed by | PBS |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
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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.
Synopsis
The documentary depicts the trials and tribulations faced by 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 and so becoming one of the women affectionately known as Solar Mamas. The story takes the viewer through Rafea's and her neighbour's physical and emotional journey before she triumphs.[1][2]
Following the release of the film, Eldaief stated Rafea and her aunt installed 80 solar panels in one week and Rafea's determination remains unshaken in spite of personal and financial burdens.[3]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 10, 2012.[4] It was released on November 5, 2012, by PBS.[5][6] The film went onto screen at DOC NYC on November 12, 2012, where the film won the Special Jury Prize and Audience Award,[7][8][9] The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam on November 19, 2012, where the film won the Oxfam Novib audience award.[10][11][12]
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."TV review: Solar Mamas; Homeland". The Guardian.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Amid Setbacks, The Solar Mamas Are Undeterred". PBS. Archived from the original on March 27, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rafea: Solar Mama" (PDF). Human Rights Foundation. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Torgovnick May, Kate (November 1, 2012). "Visit the Barefoot College in a new film from TED Prize winner Jehane Noujaim". Ted. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Solar Mamas". IVTS. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."RAFEA: A SOLAR ENGINEER BLOSSOMS IN THE DESERT". DOC NYC. November 12, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rafea: Solar Mama". DOC NYC. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Hanna, Beth (November 16, 2012). "DOC NYC Fest Announces Audience and Jury Awards; Winners Include 'Informant' & 'Rafea: Solar Mama". IndieWire. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Rafea: Solar Mama". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."IDFA Special 19-20 November 2012". International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. 10 December 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
