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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Film poster
Directed byChiwetel Ejiofor
Screenplay byChiwetel Ejiofor
Based onThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
by William Kamkwamba
Bryan Mealer
Produced byAndrea Calderwood
Gail Egan
StarringMaxwell Simba
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Lily Banda
CinematographyDick Pope
Edited byValerio Bonelli
Music byAntônio Pinto
Production
companies
Netflix
Participant Media
BBC Films
British Film Institute
Potboiler Productions
Distributed byNetflix
Release date
  • 25 January 2019 (2019-01-25) (Sundance)
Running time
113 minutes
CountriesUnited Kingdom
Malawi
LanguagesEnglish
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.

  1. ^ "93 Countries in Competition for 2019 International Feature Film Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

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