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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Genre
Drama
Rating
TV-14
Released
1 March, 2019
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is a 2019 British 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.

导演 Chiwetel Ejiofor
Produced by Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan
Screenplay by Chiwetel Ejiofor
Based on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer
Starring Maxwell Simba, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lily Banda
Music Antônio Pinto
Cinematography Dick Pope
Edited by Valerio Bonelli
Production, company Participant Media, BBC Films, British Film Institute, Potboiler Productions
Distributed by Netflix
Released January 25, 2019 (Sundance)
Running time 113 minutes
Country United Kingdom, Malawi
Language English, Chichewa
Netflix ID 80200047

关于The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

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.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind的成就

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.

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