It’s homework time| but the lights are out yet again in Yemen’s capital of Sana’a. Three girls| determined to get an education| decide enough is enough. Armed withan entrepreneurial spirit and a sense of creativity| they find a solution to their study woes and address their country’s weak economy and fledgling infrastructurein the process. Their idea? Solar powered lanterns. Set against the backdrop of a nation whose reputation includes being one of the worst places to be a woman| thepoorest country in the Arab world| and a failed state| the film explores many of the drivers of Yemen’s challenges: youth unemployment| drug abuse| and a strugglingeducation system. Even worse| conflict between Al-Qaeda and Yemen’s Houthi population threatens the girls’ very lives. In Yemeniettes| teenage girls launch abusiness – taking on titles like CEO and Vice President – and defy the barriers of their traditional society| proving that age and gender constraints are no matchfor those seeking to …
TiTLE………: Yemeniettes YEAR……….: 2014 RUNTiME…….: 59 min 29 s / 00:59:29.882 GENRE………: Documentary, Drama LANGUAGE……: Arabic SUBTiTLES…..: English (hard-coded)