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William and the windmill Cover Image DVD DVD

William and the windmill [videorecording] / Tilting At Windmills, LLC in association with Group Theory ; a film by Ben Nabors.

Kamkwamba, William, 1987- (Added Author). Nabors, Ben, (film director.). Rielly, Tom, (on-screen participant.). Group Theory (Firm), (production company.). Tilting At Windmills, LLC, (production company.).

Summary:

With only a library book as his guide, fourteen-year-old William Kamkwamba builds a windmill in his Malawian village that changes his life forever. Using junk parts and an inexhaustible imagination, he harnesses enough energy to power a generator that saves his family from famine and resuscitates his dying farming community.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (96 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: [United States] : Tilting At Windmills, LLC, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editors, Jonathan Oppenheim and Carlos Pavan ; cinematography, Michael Tyburski and Ben Nabors ; music Saunder Jurriaans and Danny Bensi.
Participant or Performer Note:
William Kamkwamba, Tom Rielly.
Target Audience Note:
E.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Subject: Kamkwamba, William, 1987-
Electric power production > Malawi.
Inventors > Malawi > Biography.
Windmills > Malawi.
Genre: Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch DVD 609.2 Kamkw-W 31681010133908 NFDVD Available -


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