This post was written by Chanchala Gunewardena, Clark University 2011, Summer 2010 intern in WITNESS’ Communications Department.
Back on May 7th, WITNESS’ Christine Umali blogged about attending the Good Pitch at the Tribeca Film Festival. There, she got a front row seat to a very distinct, social justice oriented version of commercial pitching by filmmakers. She met, amongst others, Ben Nabors, producer of Moving Windmills: The William Kamkwamba Story. This upcoming feature-length documentary tells the story of William Kamkwamba from Malawi who built a fully functioning windmill based off a photograph in a book.
Last Thursday, Ben made a visit to WITNESS to tell us all about recent developments regarding the documentary and the growth and scope of the Moving Windmills Project – which now is comprised of a short film (embeded above), the feature-length documentary, a book, and a 501 (c) 3 non-profit working in Wimbe, Malawi, William’s hometown.
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