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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

Summary: Against all the odds, a thirteen-year-old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Release Date: March 01, 2019
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel EjioforDirector
Chiwetel Ejiofor ethnicity
Black Male
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Writers: Chiwetel Ejiofor
Chiwetel EjioforWriter
Chiwetel Ejiofor ethnicity
Black Male
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, William Kamkwamba
William KamkwambaWriter
William Kamkwamba ethnicity
Black Male
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, Bryan Mealer
Bryan MealerWriter
Bryan Mealer ethnicity
White Male
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Runtime: 1 h 53 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: BBC Films, BFI Film Fund, Blue Sky Films, Metrol Technology, Participant, Potboiler Productions
Countries: United Kingdom, Malawi, United States, Kenya
Language: English

Adaptation/remake:

based on true story
2%

The Rotten Tomatoes audience rated this 2% higher than the critics.

86%88%

The Metacritic audience rated this 8% higher than the critics.

68/10076/100
17%100%

17% of the Stars & Main Cast are Female.

100% of the Stars & Main Cast are "diverse."

Black92.31%Latino7.69%
3.53

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Message5/5
Role model5/5
Violence2/5
Language2/5

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Faith1/5
Integrity4/5
Language1/5
Violence1/5

This film gets a 3.53/5 family friendly score


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