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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Drama
Seeking to save his village from drought and famine, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi devises a plan to build a windmill to power an electric water pump.
Directed by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Starring: Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lily Banda
Produced by: Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan
Screenplay by: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Based on: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer
Music by: Antônio Pinto
Cinematography: Dick Pope
Edited by: Valerio Bonelli
Production company: Participant Media, BBC Films, British Film Institute, Potboiler Productions
Distributed by: Netflix
Release date: 25 January 2019 (Sundance)
Running time: 113 minutes
Country: United Kingdom, Malawi
Language: English, Chichewa
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