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As with “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the director-actor, father-son dynamic actually ended up helping the film, too.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 20, 2024

“The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” is based on the true story of William Kamkwamba, a 13-year-old boy living in a small village in Malawi, Africa.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2019

Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor wrote, directed and starred in the exemplary “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” based on a remarkable true African story.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2019

And Chiwetel Ejiofor directed, wrote and stars in “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” the true story of a Malawian boy whose invention saved his village from famine.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2018

Harnessed up at 7 A. M. and an invoice taken of the missing articles; the result reported to headquarters.

From An Artilleryman's Diary by Jones, Jenkins Lloyd