TV-PG | 1h 53min | Biography, Drama, History | 1 March 2019 (USA) Life as a farmer can be unpredictable and sometimes fraught with catastrophe, especially in third-world countries. There, if a particular crop season fails due to drought or other adverse conditions, the farmers can’t simply go and buy rations using their savings. Instead, things can quickly spiral out of control. This is firmly evidenced in the 2019 TV film “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind,” which is based on a true story. The film also functions as the directorial debut of actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, who also stars in it. It’s set in the village of Wimbe in the Southeast African country of Malawi, where a young boy, William Kamkwamba (Maxwell Simba), lives with his father, Trywell (Chiwetel Ejiofor), his mother, Agnes (Aïssa Maïga), and sister, Annie (Lily Banda). William is a brilliant kid with a particular fascination of …