The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

Released Date

March 1, 2019

Distributor

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Genre

Drama

Rating

TV-14

Cast

Chiwetel Ejiofor, Joseph Marcell, Noma Dumezweni, Aissa Maiga

Chiwetel Ejiofor

as Trywell Kamkwamba

Joseph Marcell

as Chief Wimbe

Noma Dumezweni

as Edith Sikelo

Aissa Maiga

as Agnes Kamkwamba

About The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

About

A boy in Malawi builds a wind turbine to help his village after reading about them in a book. The film premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival before being distributed by Netflix.

Trivia

Academy Award-nominated actor Chiwetel Ejiofor wrote and directed the film which was based on the memoir The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer.