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Film
Why Poverty? - Solar mamas
Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim, Denmark, 2012
45 min.DK/Documentary
Rafea from Jordan is 30 years old. She has 4 children and a husband who's eager to take a third wife. With encouragement from Jordan's Ministry of Environment, she leaves her village for the first time to go to Barefoot College in India in an effort to gain a skill as a solor engineer that will bring the much-needed income to support her family and her village.Two months into the program, Rafea's husband insists that she returns home or he will divorce her and take her children. Rafea goes back, but manages to persuade her family that she should return to India.The film follows the incredible personal transformation Rafea goes through in the process of leaving home for the first time and of acquiring the skills to earn an income and achieve for her community what others have not been able to.
| Original title | Solar mamas |
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| Danish title | Kvinder med power |
| Other titles | Barefoot engineers, Hvorfor fattigdom? - Kvinder med power |
| Keywords | Women, Women's conditions, Living conditions, Education, Jordan, 2010-2019 |
| Director | Mona Eldaief, Jehane Noujaim |
| Producer | Mette Heide |
| Editor | Brian McGinn, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Jean Tsien |
| Production country | Denmark |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, DR TV |
| International sales | DR International Sales |
| Danish theatrical release | 24.04.2013 |
| Cinemas | Cinemateket Månedens dokumentar i Cinemateket, april 2013 |
| DFI subsidy | Konsulentstøtte |
| Danish rating | Allowed for all |
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| Co-production | Plus Pictures |
| Domestic distribution | Danske Filminstitut, DR TV |
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Direction |
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| Direction | Mona Eldaief |
| Direction | Jehane Noujaim |
| Field director | Andreas Koefoed |
| Field director | Gabrielle Weiss |
| Field director | Peter Murimi |
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Production |
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| Producer | Mette Heide |
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Stills |
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| Stills | Neil Davenport |
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Editing |
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| Editing | Brian McGinn |
| Editing | Kaspar Astrup Schröder |
| Editing | Jean Tsien |
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Reviews and articles
On the library you can find these articles and revies and other material about the film.
| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Anmeldelse | Information | Lars Movin | 2013-04-25 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Dorte Hygum Soerensen | 2013-04-24 |
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