The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Drought-stricken Malawi landscape, parched earth, a lone windmill blade. A young boy tinkers, a village struggles, a family's fate hangs. Ejiofor brings a quiet urgency to this true story.

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Chiwetel Ejiofor directed The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind in 2019. See Chiwetel Ejiofor's full filmography, where to start with Chiwetel Ejiofor, or where to go after you've seen everything by Chiwetel Ejiofor.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind was released in 2019 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 113 minutes.