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.
| Art | Tulé Peak | Production Design |
| Directing | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Director |
| Camera | Dick Pope | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Antonio Pinto | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Andrea Calderwood | Producer |
| Production | Gail Egan | Producer |
| Production | Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
| Writing | William Kamkwamba | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bia Salgado | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Van Der Feyst | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Natascha Wharton | Executive Producer |
| Art | João Bueno | Art Direction |
| Production | Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Valerio Bonelli | Editor |
| Production | Mario Zvan | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Harberd | Associate Producer |
| Production | Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Bryan Mealer | Book |
| Production | Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
| Production | Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hemal Shah | Line Producer |
| Production | Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Production | Alexa L. Fogel | Casting |
| Production | Donald Sabourin | Co-Producer |
| Writing | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Screenplay |
