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  • Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Chiwetel Ejiofor
    / 12 Years a Slave and other films of the 2010s

    …directed his first feature-length film, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, in which he played the father of a boy trying to save his Malawian village from famine. The film, which was based on a true story, received wide acclaim, and Ejiofor won the NAACP 2020 Image Award for outstanding…

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    …directed his first feature-length film, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, in which he played the father of a boy trying to save his Malawian village from famine. The film, which was based on a true story, received wide acclaim, and Ejiofor won the NAACP 2020 Image Award for outstanding…

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  • William Kamkwamba
    William Kamkwamba
    / Projects and adaptations of The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

    …children’s book (2012) and a feature film (2019) by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who also starred and directed.

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    …children’s book (2012) and a feature film (2019) by Chiwetel Ejiofor, who also starred and directed.

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