The Boy That Harnessed the Wind Book Read Aloud
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| Directed by | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Screenplay past | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Based on | The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba Bryan Mealer |
| Produced by | Andrea Calderwood Gail Egan |
| Starring | Maxwell Simba Chiwetel Ejiofor Lily Banda |
| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Edited by | Valerio Bonelli |
| Music by | Antônio Pinto |
| Product | Participant Media |
| Distributed by | Netflix |
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| Running time | 113 minutes |
| Countries | U.k. Malawi |
| Languages | English language Chichewa |
The Boy Who Harnessed the Current of air is a 2019 British drama motion picture written, directed by and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor in his feature directorial debut. The picture is based on the memoir of the same name past William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. It was screened in the Premieres section at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and began streaming in well-nigh territories on Netflix on 1 March 2019. It was selected every bit the British entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but information technology was not nominated.[1] It received widely positive reviews with praise going to Ejiofor'south management and the acting.
Plot [edit]
Born in Kasungu, Malawi, William Kamkwamba is a immature schoolboy who comes from a family of farmers who alive in the nearby village of Wimbe. William has a talent for fixing radios for his friends and neighbours and spends his costless time looking through the local junkyard for salvageable electronic components. Although he is soon banned from attending school due to his parents' inability to pay his tuition fees, William blackmails his science instructor (who is in a surreptitious relationship with William's sis) into letting him keep attending his class and take access to the school'southward library where he learns about electrical engineering and energy production.
By the mid-2000s, the family's crops fail due to drought and the resulting famine devastates William's hamlet, leading to riots over government rationing. William's family is as well robbed of their already meager grain stores. People soon begin abandoning the hamlet, and William's sis elopes with his one-time teacher in lodge to go out her family "one less mouth to feed".
Seeking to save his village from the drought, William devises a program to concept prototype which works successfully, only to build a larger windmill, William requires his father, Trywell, to give permission to dismantle the family bicycle for parts, which is the just bicycle in the village and the family unit's concluding major asset. His father believes the exercise futile and destroys the paradigm and forces William to toil in the fields. Subsequently William's dog dies of starvation and promise seems lost, William'south mother, Agnes, intervenes and urges his father to reconsider. William and his father reconcile later on William buries his domestic dog. With the help of his friends and the few remaining members of the village, they build a full-size windmill which leads to a successful crop being sown.
Word of William's windmill spreads and he is awarded a scholarship to attend schoolhouse, ultimately receiving a degree from Dartmouth College.
Bandage [edit]
- Maxwell Simba as William Kamkwamba
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Trywell Kamkwamba
- Aïssa Maïga as Agnes Kamkwamba
- Lily Banda as Annie Kamkwamba
- Joseph Marcell every bit Chief Wimbe
- Noma Dumezweni as Edith Sikelo
- Lemogang Tsipa equally Mike Kachibunda
- Philbert Falakeza as Gilbert Wimbe
Release [edit]
On 14 November 2018, Netflix acquired global distribution rights, excluding Nippon, Mainland china, and the United Kingdom.[2] The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival on 25 Jan 2019.[3] It was later released on Netflix on 1 March 2019.[4]
Reception [edit]
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film has an blessing rating of 86%, based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of vii.iii/10. The website's disquisitional consensus reads, "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind earns its predictably uplifting arc through strong performances and impressive work from debuting director Chiwetel Ejiofor."[v] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100, based on eighteen critics, indicating "more often than not favorable reviews".[6]
See likewise [edit]
- List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
- Listing of British submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References [edit]
- ^ "93 Countries in Competition for 2019 International Feature Film Oscar". University of Motion Motion-picture show Arts and Sciences . Retrieved 8 October 2019.
- ^ Burton, Lettie; Feingold, Emily; Stewart, Andrew (xiv Nov 2018). "Netflix Acquires Chiwetel Ejiofor'southward Directorial Debut 'The Male child Who Harnessed the Air current'". Netflix Media Center . Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Siegel, Tatiana (28 November 2018). "Sundance Unveils Politics-Heavy Lineup Featuring Ocasio-Cortez Doc, Feinstein Drama". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 17 Jan 2019.
- ^ Geisinger, Gabriella (25 Jan 2019). "The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind on Netflix: When is Chiwetel Ejiofor directorial debut out?". Daily Express. Limited Newspapers. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ^ "The Boy Who Harnessed the Current of air (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved x October 2021.
- ^ "The Boy Who Harnessed the Air current". Metacritic. CBS Interactive Inc. 2019. Retrieved one March 2019.
External links [edit]
- The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind at IMDb
The Boy That Harnessed the Wind Book Read Aloud
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Harnessed_the_Wind