From Darkness to Light

PBS, USA, Thomson Reuters Foundation 2017

Best Women’s Short Film, Beyond Earth Film Festival 2017

Off the coast of mainland Tanzania lies the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar’s electricity comes from the mainland through a submarine cable and just over half of households have any power.

‘From Darkness to Light’ introduces us to the women who are selected from their villages across Africa, to live for 5 months in Zanzibar, learning to become solar engineers. Once trained, they go back home to bring light to their villages and their lives.