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 |
| Editing | Valerio Bonelli | Editor |
| Art | João Bueno | Art Direction |
| Production | Jim Shamoon | Executive Producer |
| Production | Norman Merry | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Hampden | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tom Harberd | Associate Producer |
| Production | Alexa L. Fogel | Casting |
| Writing | Bryan Mealer | Book |
| Production | Joe Oppenheimer | Executive Producer |
| Production | Compton Ross | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mario Zvan | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Francesca Van Der Feyst | Makeup Designer |
| Production | Jonathan King | Executive Producer |
| Production | Donald Sabourin | Co-Producer |
| Production | Jeff Skoll | Executive Producer |
| Writing | William Kamkwamba | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bia Salgado | Costume Design |
| Production | Phil Hunt | Executive Producer |
| Production | Hemal Shah | Line Producer |
| Production | Natascha Wharton | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Chiwetel Ejiofor | Screenplay |
