Malawi. De dertienjarige William Kamkwamba wordt van school gestuurd wanneer duidelijk wordt dat zijn ouders zijn studie niet meer kunnen betalen. Hij gaat echter niet bij de pakken neerzitten en droomt ervan een windmolen te bouwen zodat zijn dorp geen hongersnood lijdt.
Ja! de film The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is nu beschikbaar om te kijken op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Director |
| Production | Gail Egan | Producer |
| Production | Andrea Calderwood | Producer |
| Production | Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mario Zvan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hemal Shah | Line Producer |
| Production | Alexa L. Fogel | Casting |
| Writing | Bryan Mealer | Book |
| Crew | Dick Pope | Cinematography |
| Editing | Valerio Bonelli | Editor |
| Production | Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Van Der Feyst | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Antonio Pinto | Music |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Harberd | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bia Salgado | Costume Design |
| Production | Donald Sabourin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
| Production | Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
| Production | Natascha Wharton | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Art | João Bueno | Art Direction |
| Writing | William Kamkwamba | Book |
| Writing | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Screenplay |
| Art | Tulé Peak | Production Design |
