The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

William is a 13-year-old boy who lives in a rural area of ??Malawi. There economic conditions have worsened due to bad weather and life is very difficult for all who live there. This has also forced him to leave school, because his family cannot afford anything other than food, until studying becomes impossible for people living in these villages. To save his people from famine, this young man with a curious mind will be inspired by a science book to build a wind turbine, something never seen before in his town. With that mill your community can irrigate the crops. Despite the difficulties in creating this machine made with scrap metal, William will do everything possible to save his people and all the inhabitants who live there, doing whatever is necessary.

The film is almost entirely the work of Maxwell Simba, who has been in charge of directing it, writing it and also acting in the leading role. Despite having a great career as an actor having appeared in films like 'Dr. Strange' 'or 'Mars', this has been his first experience behind the cameras and directing a movie. So it has become a personal project for him, which has also had generally positive reviews. The film premiered un United States the 25th of January, and its distributed by Netflix.