The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
2019 · TMDB 7.9
Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Why it matters
In a drought-stricken Malawian village, a teenage boy builds a windmill from scrap parts to save his community from famine, defying the fatalism of the adults around him.
From Hope Is a Good Thing
- Runtime
- 113 min
- Released
- 2019-02-14
- Studio
- Participant
- Country
- Malawi
- Language
- Chichewa; Nyanja
- TMDB score
- 7.9
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