By Jeannette Catsoulis “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the directing debut of the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is so worthy, so earnest and so achingly sincere that it’s almost painful to ...

But “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” which dramatizes Malawian engineer William Kakwamba’s youthful struggle to save his starving village via technical ingenuity, carries its seriousness ...

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s directorial debut, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, is this year’s British entry for Oscar’s recently renamed Best International Feature Film category. But the same rules ...

A lovely and thoughtful family film, “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is a far cry from Marvel multiplex-ity. But once viewers (of all ages) adjust to its quiet and respectful approach ...

“It’s not a dream, Papa,” insists young William Kamkwamba, played by newcomer Maxwell Simba in this new trailer for Netflix‘s The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. “I’m not dreaming.

"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" (2019), a film adaptation of Kamkwamba's autobiographical book of the same title, dedicates the first half of its narrative piecing together the harsh realities of ...

The propellers are made of plastic pipes supported by sticks so that they should not bend when the wind is strong and placed almost vertical to the direction of where the wind comes from.

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” a biopic based on a memoir by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer, was shown at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and released on Netflix on Friday. COURTESY OF ILZE ...

"The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" is the story of a Malawian boy who puts his education and science to work to build a wind turbine, saving his village from famine. The film, set to debut on ...

The emotional journey of a father and his exceptional son at its heart, William's tale captures the incredible determination of a boy whose inquisitive mind overcame every obstacle in his path.

Chiwetel Ejiofor's directing debut, 'The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,' tells the true story of a self-taught teen inventor in Malawi. By THR Staff There’s something discomfiting about rooting for ...