The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

7.9(1,856)20191h 53m

DramaHistory

Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.

Director

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Cast

Maxwell Simba

William Kamkwamba

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Trywell Kamkwamba

Aïssa Maïga

Agnes Kamkwamba

Lily Banda

Annie Kamkwamba

Joseph Marcell

Chief Wembe

Lemogang Tsipa

Mike Kachigunda

Philbert Falakeza

Gilbert Wimbe

Noma Dumezweni

Edith Sikelo

Khalani Makunje

Daniel Ngwata

Robert Agengo

Jeremiah Kamkwamba

Felix Lemburgo

John Kamkwamba

Raymond Ofula

Mr. Ofesi

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Reviews

1 review

Geronimo1967

4y ago

7.0

This is a great looking film depicting the abject poverty, despite their best efforts, of a subsistence farming community in Malawi. The cinematography is glorious as we follow the Kamkwamba family's struggles to educate their children and feed themselves at the same time - in the face of some pretty brutal government corruption and a severe drought. Son "William" (Maxwell Simba) is thirteen, and ...