Solar Mamas

Premiered November 5, 2012

Directed by

Mona Eldaief and Jehane Noujaim

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About the Documentary

Jordanian wife and mother Rafea is leaving home for the first time to attend a college in India that is training rural women to become solar energy engineers. Once there, she will join women like her from the developing world to learn concrete skills to change their communities.

Awards

  • 2012 George Foster Peabody Award

    Award Winner

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