The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Bryan Mealer
Produced by
Andrea Calderwood Gail Egan
Starring
Maxwell Simba Chiwetel Ejiofor Lily Banda
Cinematography
Dick Pope
Edited by
Valerio Bonelli
Music by
Antônio Pinto
Production companies
Netflix Participant Media BBC Films British Film Institute Potboiler Productions
Distributed by
Netflix
Release date
25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance)
Running time
113 minutes
Countries
United Kingdom Malawi
Languages
English Chichewa
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a 2019 drama film written, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in his feature directorial debut. The film is based on the memoir of the same name by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. It was screened in the Premieres section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and began streaming in most territories on Netflix on 1 March 2019. It was selected as the British entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[1] It received widely positive reviews with praise going to Ejiofor's direction and the acting.
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