Top billed cast

1. 

   Maxwell Simba

   William Kamkwamba

2. 

   Chiwetel Ejiofor

   Trywell Kamkwamba

3. 

   Aïssa Maïga

   Agnes Kamkwamba

4. 

   Lily Banda

   Annie Kamkwamba

5. 

   Joseph Marcell

   Chief Wembe

6. 

   Lemogang Tsipa

   Mike Kachigunda

7. 

   Philbert Falakeza

   Gilbert Wimbe

8. 

   Noma Dumezweni

   Edith Sikelo

9. 

   Khalani Makunje

   Daniel Ngwata

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-03-28

This is a great looking film depicting the abject poverty, despite their best efforts, of a subsistence farming community in Malawi. The cinematography is glorious as we follow the Kamkwamba family's struggles to educate their children and feed themselves at the same time - in the face of some pretty brutal government corruption and a severe drought. Son "William" (Maxwell Simba) is thirteen, and he has more than an average degree of nouse to him - he concludes, after studying a few engineering books in his school's library - that by cannibalising an old bike and an old ghetto-blaster, he can ...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• africa
• windmill
• based on true story
• family power struggle
• water for life
• challenge for change
• dedicated
• ingenuity
• dedication
• struggle for independence
• the ingenious one