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https://dipsy.pbs.org/independentlens/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/SOLARMAMAS_HeadshotProducer-Mette-Heide.jpg358425We sat down with Mette Heide, producer of Solar Mamas, to talk about why she and her filmmaking team chose this story, what inspired them along the way, as well as more about the Why Poverty? series of international films.