Solar Hero

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Solar
Directed byMatt Keay
Written byMatt Keay
Sylvester Ndumbi
Produced byMatt Keay
Sylvester Ndumbi
Starring
  • Matt Beck
  • Mark Blackwell
  • Whitney Nordstrom
  • Turc Harmesynn
  • Tang Lee
  • Simon Knight
  • Gordon Howell
  • David Keith
  • Glenn Murcutt
Narrated byBill Mondy
CinematographyScott Keay
Matt Keay
Sylvester Ndumbi
Jackson Tyler Richardson
David Copithorne
Edited byElias Hope
Music byAny Sun & Beach Audio
Production
company
Business on Camera (BOC)
Distributed by Shaw Media, Shaw TV
Release date
  • February 1, 2012 (2012-02-01)
Running time
44 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$190,000 (Canadian dollars)

Solar Hero is a 2012 Canadian documentary film directed by Matt Keay. The documentary follows Team Alberta (Alberta Solar Decathlon Project) as they journey to in the 2009 US DOE Solar Decathlon Competition in Washington, DC in October 2009.

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