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“William and the Windmill” wins Grand Jury Award at SXSW

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
March 13, 2013 at 9:45 am EDT

Last night at SXSW, William and the Windmill was awarded one of the festival’s top two honors, taking home Grand Jury Award for Documentary Feature. The film tells the story of TED Speaker William Kamkwamba, who has come to be known by the title of his memoir, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. At age […]

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New documentary at SXSW traces William Kamkwamba’s journey from rural Malawi to the TED Stage

Posted By Kate Torgovnick
March 7, 2013 at 4:25 pm EDT

William Kamkwamba built a windmill out of spare parts to provide electricity for his family in rural Malawi, after seeing a similar design in a library book. It’s an incredible story — one that set TEDGlobal 2007 ablaze. Now, Kamkwamba is the subject of a new documentary, William and the Windmill, which makes its world […]