Chiwetel Ejiofor directed this lovely adaptation of William Kamkwamba's memoir ... will save his community from famine. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is reminiscent of those wonderful Disney ...

Inspired by a science book, 13-year-old William Kamkwamba builds a wind turbine to save his Malawian village from famine. Based on a true story.

Last night [Jon Stewart] interviewed [William Kamkwamba] on The Daily Show. [William] is the young man from Malawi who at the age of 14 built a windmill generator out of discarded items.