The Malawi Boy Who Harnessed the Wind Heads to Netflix
The film is based on a bestselling memoir by a Malawian inventor, William Kamkwamba, who was thrown out of school when his family could no longer afford the fees. The film was shot by first-time director Chiwetel Ejiofor and is set to be released on Netflix in 2019.
Oscar-nominated Ejiofor plays the father of 13-year-old, self-educated inventor Kamkwamba, played by newcomer Maxwell Simba, as his family and community faces famine.
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William Kamkwamba: How I Built a Windmill
- Author:
- TED
- Publisher:
- TED
- Publication Date:
- 1 August 2007
http://www.ted.com When he was just 14 years old, Malawian inventor William Kamkwamba built his family an electricity-generating windmill from spare ... see more »
