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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

William Kamkwamba is a 13-year-old living with his family in rural Malawi. As growing industrialisation of the land and then famine threaten to destroy his family and his community, William is thrown out of the school he loves when his parents can no longer afford the fees. William sets his exceptional mind to come up with a solution, and sneaking back into the school library, he finds a way. First, though, he must convince his father Trywell to allow him to use the bones of his bicycle to build a windmill to irrigate the land. Show less

Contributors

William Kamkwamba:
Maxwell Simba
Trywell Kamkwamba:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Agnes Kamkwamba:
Aissa Maiga
Annie Kamkwamba:
Lily Banda
Edith Sikelo:
Noma Dumezweni
Chief Wimbe:
Joseph Marcell

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