2019 · drama · true-story · science
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor1h 53m2019
Against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine.
Our read: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · true-story · science entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / true-story, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- intense
- redemptive
- tender
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