Rafea: Solar Mama

Rafea: Solar Mama (2012)

September 10th, 20121h 15min

Documentary
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Overview

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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