Chiwetel Ejiofor Felt 'Galvanized' To Make Directorial Debut 'The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind'

Chiwetel Ejiofor hits the stage to speak at the SAG-AFTRA Foundation Conversations for his film The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind held at The Robin Williams Center on Tuesday (February 26) in New York City.

The 41-year-old Oscar-nominated actor-director felt “galvanized to pursue screenwriting and directing in a bigger way.”

“I was just really inspired by it,” Chiwetel continued. “It is so hopeful and optimistic. Especially since it is a story from a part of the world that there hasn’t been much optimistic cinema about. I was really engaged with that. Because it felt like I was reading something that really related to me.”

In the story, against all the odds, a thirteen year old boy in Malawi invents an unconventional way to save his family and village from famine. It also based on the true story of William Kamkwamba – Watch the trailer here!