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The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer

  • What it's about: A 13-year-old boy saves his village in Malawi in an incredible, and incredibly unconventional, way: by building an electricity-producing windmill from spare parts and scrap he found. When a drought sets in on his village and famine threatens to take the lives of those he holds dear, the young inventor creates the windmill using only rough plans he finds in a library book, Using Energy.
  • Who's starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor stars (and directs), as well as Maxwell Simba, Noma Dumezweni, and Aïssa Maïga.
  • Release date: March 1 (on Netflix)
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