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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

“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 criticize.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 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

Harnessed to this were three sorry-looking mules and, leading them, the piteous wreck of what had been a blue roan.

From Jonah and Co. by Yates, Dornford