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[wind whistling]
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[rhythmic metallic jangling]
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- [people chanting]
- [intermittent drumbeats]
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[rhythmic metallic jangling]
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Uh-huh. Move, move, move.
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- [children yelling]
- [shouts]
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[groans]
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[man in Chichewa] Father!
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[man] John! John!
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[man sobbing]
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[shouting in Chichewa, echoing]
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- [people chanting]
- [drumbeats, metallic jangling]
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[man, in English] No one is responsible
for the death of this man.
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God alone has decided
to take John Kamkwamba.
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When God has decided,
then we will know the man by what remains.
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By the fruit shall we know the tree.
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[murmurs of agreement]
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And we have fruit here.
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The fruit of the land farmed by John
and his younger brother, Trywell,
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since they returned from Dowa
nearly 20 years ago,
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and worked this land together
side by side, these two brothers.
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[murmurs of agreement]
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But there are other fruits
from John Kamkwamba,
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many offspring born to him.
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His children,
led by his eldest son, Jeremiah,
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who must now take over the work
of his departed father.
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- And if the fruit is good, then it must...
- [chanting]
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[drumbeats, rhythmic metallic jangling]
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[chanting]
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[tape winds rapidly]
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[group sings in a cappella over speakers]
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[baby fussing]
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[wind whistling outside]
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William.
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[in Chichewa] Give me my radio.
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Did you fix Mr. Bamusi's?
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No, sir. Not yet.
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Go and check the roof.
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[tunes in to radio news report]
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[woman in Chichewa] There are heavy cloud
formations moving across the southwest...
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- [broadcast continues indistinctly]
- [wind whistling]
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[goat bleating]
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- [in Chichewa] Morning, Papa.
- Sleep better?
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[radio news report continues indistinctly]
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[metal banging and rattling]
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[whispers in Chichewa] Put it on his bed.
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[metal banging and rattling]
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- [man] Good morning.
- [woman] Good morning to you.
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[continuing indistinctly in Chichewa]
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- Bad dreams again?
- Yes, hardly slept.
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[dog barking]
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William! You want Shabani to help you?
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No, Ma. I'm fine.
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[in English] William, where's my radio?
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[in English] Mr. Bamusi, please,
just a few more days.
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I'm finding the problem.
It's not the condenser.
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I've told your father.
I'm missing my programs, William.
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William, if you can't fix it,
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you have to give Mr. Bamusi
back his money.
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A few days, Mr. Bamusi. I promise.
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He's forcing me to come back from work
and talk to my wife and children.
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[chuckles] William.
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[in Chichewa] Make sure you wash
before you go inside.
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[in Chichewa] Yes, Ma.
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[William] Papa! Papa!
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[Trywell] Hey!
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[laughing]
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[in Chichewa] Thank you, Papa! Thank you!
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Oh, my God! Where is my son?
Who has taken my son?
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- Look at the trousers!
- It's okay. It's okay.
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Who brought this man here?
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Doesn't he know that I love my husband?
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Leave the boy alone.
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Is he a doctor from Lilongwe
or an engineer from Chimamba?
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- It's not too big?
- It's perfect.
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Dear Father,
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we thank you for all the blessings
you have laid on this family.
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Please continue to fight for us,
so we may endure any hardship.
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- In Jesus's name, Amen.
- Amen.
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[chuckling]
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When I was a boy, the elders sometimes
hadn't recorded everyone's exact age.
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But there was a simple test.
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If you could touch your left ear
over your head with your right hand,
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you could go to school. [chuckles]
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The first time I tried, I was too small.
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I couldn't reach.
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Do it.
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That was for you to go
to primary school, Papa.
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[all chuckling]
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- Of course I can do it.
- I know.
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[laughs]
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Go to school.
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[indistinct chatter]
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Gilbert.
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Gilbert.
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- Hey!
- [both chuckling]
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- [in English] Looking sharp, man.
- You too, man. [laughs]
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[both chuckling]
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[Gilbert] I think this is
a bit too loose for you.
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- [William] Room to grow, room to grow.
- [both laugh]
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[in Chichewa]
One phosphorus, one more organic.
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- You want an ox cart?
- No, I brought the bike.
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There's flooding in Mozambique.
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Mozambique?
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I've heard it on the radio.
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[women chatter indistinctly in Chichewa]
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[in Chichewa] Justina's relatives found
her a job at the agricultural ministry.
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Don't worry.
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After university,
you'll have no problem finding a job.
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You'll do things
even I didn't think women could do.
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[crowd chanting in Chichewa]
N.U.P. government! N.U.P. government!
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Another six months of this bullshit.
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You know the president
is even coming to Kasungu.
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[chanting continues]
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Democracy.
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Democracy is just like imported cassava.
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It rots quickly.
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[chanting continues]
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[in English] Of course, Kachokolo is not
the wealthiest school in the district,
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but it's down to each one of you
to decide your own level of commitment.
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- Your own level of what?
- [pupils] Commitment!
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We have had students excel
in their junior certificate
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and some of them
have even gone on to university.
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Did these people have two heads?
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- [pupils] No, Mr. Headmaster.
- [thunder rumbling]
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- What did they not have?
- [pupils] Two heads!
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[headmaster] They worked hard.
Simple as that. What did they do?
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[pupils] Worked hard.
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When we have received
the full payment for the term,
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you will receive your library card
from Mrs. Sikelo.
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- [wind whistling]
- What will I give you?
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[pupils] Library cards.
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[thunder rumbling]
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Your library cards will allow you
to take some books home overnight.
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So, with dedication, there's no reason...
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Everybody, go to your form rooms.
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Your form teachers will take you through
the rest of the day's activities.
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[excited shouts, chatter]
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[rain drums on metal roof]
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[man] Everybody, find your seat.
Find your seat.
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Your first day of school
and the rains have come.
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A good sign, I wonder.
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My name is Mr. Kachigunda.
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I will be your form tutor
and science teacher for the year.
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- Good morning.
- [pupils] Good morning, Mr. Kachigunda.
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Take your seats.
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Okay, let's get right on with it.
Basic algebra: x and y.
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[in Chichewa] Mr. Godsten.
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Mama said that Justina left for Lilongwe.
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Yes, she's gone.
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[thunder rumbles]
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Do you need help here?
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Not any we can afford.
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[sawing nearby]
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[murmurs in Chichewa]
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Will you let me know
if you hear of any work in the market?
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Of course.
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[metal clanging]
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[pupils chattering, laughing]
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[William] Mr. Kachigunda.
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[in English] It's from my sister, Annie,
for her university placement.
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You're William Kamkwamba?
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Yes, sir.
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Tell your father to pay the fees.
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He's paid, sir.
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Only the down payment.
There's no grace period here.
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Tell your father to pay the rest
or you won't be allowed to come to school.
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Yes, sir. He'll pay, sir.
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Good.
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William, look who's been waiting.
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Khamba!
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[door shuts]
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[in Chichewa] William, it's too dark.
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We have a science test.
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- Can I use kerosene?
- There's not enough for studying.
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Go and help your father plant.
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[in English] That's okay.
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You need to see me after class.
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William, you can do better.
Gilbert, I'm not so sure.
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That's good.
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- [Gilbert] At least you passed.
- [William] Sixty-two is not enough.
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We need to go to the junkyard.
We need to find a way to study at night.
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[William] There's been a delivery.
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[dog whines]
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[Gilbert] It's just more shit
from the tobacco estate.
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[Gilbert] Anything new?
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It's a pump.
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Hey!
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[thunder rumbling]
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[man]
When the tobacco estates moved south,
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it made it hard for us to compete
to grow tobacco.
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And then they took the trees to burn
to dry their tobacco leaves.
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We once had a beautiful country
that my son will never see.
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[murmurs of agreement]
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[man 2]
We have been instructed by the estate
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to offer 2,000 kwacha
per tonne of forestry.
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[overlapping protests]
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[in Chichewa] Papa, what's going on?
They're taking the trees?
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Who said you could come to the meeting?
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Gilbert is allowed.
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[Trywell] And so? Go!
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Go!
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[man 2 in English] Of course, if you don't
want to take this opportunity,
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we will be forced
to take our business elsewhere.
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[raised voices]
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[man 2] Let the chief speak.
Let the chief speak.
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Of course, the estates know
that the rains came late this year,
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and they have come heavy.
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They know that there has been flooding
in Mozambique.
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They know that without finances,
we can't build proper defenses,
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and so we rely on the trees.
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They watch for every pressure
on us small people,
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so they can take from us.
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The only power we have is to say no.
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[scattered applause, murmurs of agreement]
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This is a gross mischaracterization
of the estate's agenda.
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We want to work with you people.
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[man 3] I'll sign.
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[murmurs of discontentment]
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- Company man, I will sign.
- For 2,000?
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- [man 3] I'll sign.
- Jeremiah.
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[in Chichewa] Listen to the chief.
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Listen to the chief.
Two thousand is not enough.
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[in English] The chief can decide his own.
I can decide my own.
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This is madness. We need the money.
I will sign.
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[overlapping chatter]
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[man shouts in Chichewa]
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Who else will sign with Jeremiah?
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We can only guarantee this price
for today.
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[men groaning]
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[whispers] Jeremiah.
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[man 2] Think of your families.
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[in Chichewa] I'll sign.
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[overlapping shouts of disapproval]
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[man 4] I'll sign.
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- [men groaning]
- [chatter fading]
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[Trywell in Chichewa]
These trees protect us from flooding.
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Why do you think
your father never sold them?
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We'll make more money this way.
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There's flooding in Mozambique.
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Mozambique?
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I have debts in Kasungu.
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Then stop gambling.
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Don't worry, Uncle Trywell.
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I'll support you and your family,
just like my father did.
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You keep spending your money
educating your kids,
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just so they can leave you.
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The smart ones
will get the hell out of here.
249
00:21:40,213 --> 00:21:41,338
And I promise you,
250
00:21:42,046 --> 00:21:44,213
when I have enough money to go,
251
00:21:44,963 --> 00:21:46,088
I'll give you my land.
252
00:21:52,380 --> 00:21:53,796
I don't want your land.
253
00:21:55,130 --> 00:21:57,380
Then my father was right...
254
00:21:59,463 --> 00:22:00,630
not to leave it to you.
255
00:22:03,171 --> 00:22:05,005
There's nothing wrong with gambling.
256
00:22:05,921 --> 00:22:08,081
Look at how these rains have been
these last few years.
257
00:22:08,796 --> 00:22:10,005
We're all gambling.
258
00:22:16,421 --> 00:22:17,963
[thunder rumbles]
259
00:22:37,463 --> 00:22:38,505
[dog barks]
260
00:23:06,463 --> 00:23:09,338
[chainsaws whirring in distance]
261
00:23:13,463 --> 00:23:15,481
- [dog whines]
- [whispers in English] Stay, Khamba.
262
00:23:15,505 --> 00:23:17,505
[birds screeching]
263
00:23:45,921 --> 00:23:47,421
[men shouting]
264
00:24:14,921 --> 00:24:18,338
[dance music playing on stereo]
265
00:24:24,088 --> 00:24:26,546
[indistinct chatter in Chichewa]
266
00:24:30,380 --> 00:24:33,460
[man in Chichewa] I asked her why they
would send a beautiful woman down here.
267
00:24:33,546 --> 00:24:36,005
She started smiling like this...
268
00:24:36,088 --> 00:24:37,546
[laughter]
269
00:24:40,671 --> 00:24:41,796
So, what happened?
270
00:24:43,171 --> 00:24:44,296
What did you do with her?
271
00:24:45,296 --> 00:24:47,005
You people let children in here now?
272
00:24:47,713 --> 00:24:48,713
He's got brains.
273
00:24:49,546 --> 00:24:51,546
So? How can I talk in front of children?
274
00:24:52,005 --> 00:24:53,088
Which children?
275
00:24:53,755 --> 00:24:55,213
What do you know about women?
276
00:24:55,505 --> 00:24:57,296
I know absolutely everything you know.
277
00:24:57,380 --> 00:24:59,963
- [men] Oh! [chuckling]
- [music stops]
278
00:25:02,255 --> 00:25:03,338
[man] What is it?
279
00:25:12,088 --> 00:25:14,005
I told you. These batteries are dying.
280
00:25:14,296 --> 00:25:16,255
- You have more?
- They're all dead.
281
00:25:16,421 --> 00:25:19,088
The game's starting. What do we do now?
282
00:25:19,213 --> 00:25:21,213
[rain pattering on metal roof]
283
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:25,671
[thunder rumbles]
284
00:25:34,796 --> 00:25:36,588
[mother in Chichewa] Annie, is that you?
285
00:25:39,880 --> 00:25:40,880
[William] No.
286
00:25:42,588 --> 00:25:43,421
Papa.
287
00:25:43,546 --> 00:25:45,963
Should I take my fees with me
to school tomorrow morning?
288
00:25:50,546 --> 00:25:51,546
When the rains stop,
289
00:25:52,255 --> 00:25:55,005
and we're sure of the harvest,
we'll pay the fees.
290
00:25:55,088 --> 00:25:56,838
- But sir...
- You were at the meeting.
291
00:25:58,296 --> 00:25:59,796
They're taking down the trees.
292
00:26:00,796 --> 00:26:02,005
The land could flood.
293
00:26:04,463 --> 00:26:06,255
[thunder rumbles]
294
00:26:11,255 --> 00:26:13,171
[William in English]
Radios use a lot of power,
295
00:26:13,713 --> 00:26:17,213
so when the batteries die,
there's usually a bit of juice at the end.
296
00:26:18,380 --> 00:26:20,755
[in Chichewa]
So if we put a few dead ones together...
297
00:26:22,630 --> 00:26:25,630
- [static, radio broadcast playing]
- [cheering]
298
00:26:25,713 --> 00:26:26,880
Yes!
299
00:26:28,213 --> 00:26:30,713
[newsreader in English]
...took place at 8:46 a.m.
300
00:26:31,296 --> 00:26:33,630
And the second plane
struck the South Tower
301
00:26:33,713 --> 00:26:36,921
at 9:03 a.m. Eastern Standard Time.
302
00:26:37,630 --> 00:26:40,505
- The American president, George W. Bush...
- Find the game!
303
00:26:40,588 --> 00:26:42,130
[murmurs in Chichewa]
304
00:26:44,130 --> 00:26:46,463
- [game chatter over radio]
- [cheering]
305
00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,338
[all chanting in Chichewa]
306
00:27:12,671 --> 00:27:14,296
[Gilbert in English] Look! Look!
307
00:27:16,005 --> 00:27:18,630
- [Annie laughs]
- It's Mr. Kachigunda and your sister.
308
00:27:19,213 --> 00:27:20,838
[speaking softly, indistinct]
309
00:27:23,755 --> 00:27:25,755
[Annie and Mr. Kachigunda laughing]
310
00:27:36,630 --> 00:27:37,630
Did you know?
311
00:27:38,713 --> 00:27:39,713
No.
312
00:27:42,046 --> 00:27:44,838
- You can't tell anyone about this.
- [Gilbert] I won't.
313
00:27:51,338 --> 00:27:52,738
[Gilbert] What are you going to do?
314
00:27:56,005 --> 00:27:57,671
You can't just let him get away with it.
315
00:28:00,380 --> 00:28:02,713
What if he disgraces her
and tells everybody?
316
00:28:04,255 --> 00:28:05,755
Let me check the car battery.
317
00:28:06,380 --> 00:28:08,130
- It's dead.
- Let me check.
318
00:28:11,255 --> 00:28:13,713
Is that how
she was able to attend senior classes?
319
00:28:14,171 --> 00:28:15,171
What do you mean?
320
00:28:17,588 --> 00:28:18,588
He was her teacher.
321
00:28:20,213 --> 00:28:21,421
He must have helped her.
322
00:28:23,338 --> 00:28:25,505
That's why she got the grades
for university,
323
00:28:25,588 --> 00:28:28,005
and we're struggling even to get
a junior certificate.
324
00:28:29,338 --> 00:28:31,755
She got good grades
because she studied at night.
325
00:28:32,630 --> 00:28:35,255
I remember.
We had had money for kerosene back then.
326
00:28:40,213 --> 00:28:41,338
You could use this.
327
00:28:42,713 --> 00:28:43,755
To do what?
328
00:28:44,755 --> 00:28:47,921
If you break his bike, you think
he'll walk all the way to the village?
329
00:28:55,338 --> 00:28:56,838
- It's this one.
- Yeah, that's it.
330
00:29:02,838 --> 00:29:04,796
- I can't.
- Huh?
331
00:29:07,505 --> 00:29:08,588
Take the light.
332
00:29:09,463 --> 00:29:12,380
Take it,
and then you'll be able to study at night.
333
00:29:23,088 --> 00:29:24,213
It's not coming off.
334
00:29:39,713 --> 00:29:40,713
Turn the pedal.
335
00:29:51,046 --> 00:29:52,046
Stop.
336
00:29:57,338 --> 00:29:58,338
Start again.
337
00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:33,463
[whispers] Khamba.
338
00:30:43,963 --> 00:30:47,421
- [in Chichewa] I had 5,200.
- Is that everything?
339
00:30:50,296 --> 00:30:51,463
William's schooling?
340
00:30:53,005 --> 00:30:54,213
[Trywell] After the harvest.
341
00:30:54,755 --> 00:30:56,546
[mother] He needs schooling, Trywell.
342
00:30:57,255 --> 00:31:00,171
You want him spending time
with those useless boys?
343
00:31:01,630 --> 00:31:03,255
His mind is just like Annie's.
344
00:31:04,463 --> 00:31:08,838
- Like my mother's.
- [Trywell] Your mother's? That mad woman.
345
00:31:09,671 --> 00:31:12,421
Was it madness
when she came and built the extension?
346
00:31:12,921 --> 00:31:15,671
Making bricks all day at her age
is what killed her.
347
00:31:16,713 --> 00:31:17,921
And we still use it.
348
00:31:19,463 --> 00:31:21,630
The children get it from her.
349
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:23,880
From my side.
350
00:31:26,755 --> 00:31:27,755
Not from mine?
351
00:31:28,796 --> 00:31:32,213
You're clever enough.
You found me, didn't you?
352
00:31:33,296 --> 00:31:34,630
[both laugh]
353
00:31:36,546 --> 00:31:38,880
That was just luck. [chuckling]
354
00:31:40,046 --> 00:31:42,713
Just because you were
in the marketplace that time.
355
00:31:42,796 --> 00:31:43,880
[laughing]
356
00:31:48,671 --> 00:31:51,046
We need to save everything we can.
357
00:31:52,213 --> 00:31:53,880
There's no money for school fees.
358
00:31:55,171 --> 00:31:56,171
Not right now.
359
00:32:06,546 --> 00:32:08,546
[thunder rumbling]
360
00:32:12,505 --> 00:32:15,963
[headmaster in English]
Phiri, Nyangu, Kamchulu,
361
00:32:16,921 --> 00:32:20,546
Muzombe, Lukwa, Kamanga,
362
00:32:21,338 --> 00:32:23,921
Kamkwamba, and Nkhoma.
363
00:32:24,963 --> 00:32:27,338
If your name has been called,
please stay here.
364
00:32:27,796 --> 00:32:30,088
Everyone else, go to class.
365
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:47,088
Your school fees have still not been paid.
366
00:32:47,546 --> 00:32:49,005
There is no grace period.
367
00:32:50,213 --> 00:32:54,463
Please go home and collect the fees
if you wish to continue your studies.
368
00:33:28,296 --> 00:33:29,338
[grunting]
369
00:33:44,463 --> 00:33:45,463
[grunts]
370
00:34:05,921 --> 00:34:06,921
Trywell.
371
00:34:07,255 --> 00:34:10,213
[in Chichewa] I'll go to the
auction house. I'll talk to Daniel Ngwata.
372
00:34:10,713 --> 00:34:11,713
Daniel?
373
00:34:13,255 --> 00:34:14,838
You haven't seen him for years.
374
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:18,130
Maybe he can talk to the estate.
375
00:35:04,463 --> 00:35:06,463
[people chattering]
376
00:35:12,963 --> 00:35:14,755
[in Chichewa]
How do you know this man, Papa?
377
00:35:15,171 --> 00:35:16,338
An old friend.
378
00:35:22,005 --> 00:35:23,005
[man] Trywell.
379
00:35:24,505 --> 00:35:26,588
- [in English] So long. Too long.
- Good to see you.
380
00:35:26,713 --> 00:35:29,755
Is this big man William?
Wow. It's been too long.
381
00:35:29,838 --> 00:35:30,838
[chuckling]
382
00:35:31,088 --> 00:35:32,088
This way, please.
383
00:35:35,088 --> 00:35:39,380
I have some small savings
from when we were in business in Dowa.
384
00:35:40,255 --> 00:35:43,588
But I can use some of it
to buy back the trees on Kamkwamba land
385
00:35:43,671 --> 00:35:45,130
for the price they were bought for.
386
00:35:45,213 --> 00:35:46,213
They won't do that.
387
00:35:46,296 --> 00:35:49,505
No, if you tell them the land is flooding.
388
00:35:51,338 --> 00:35:52,463
We're losing the harvest.
389
00:35:52,713 --> 00:35:56,463
Trywell, they won't do that.
Why would they do that?
390
00:35:59,463 --> 00:36:01,671
Jeremiah sold the trees.
391
00:36:03,671 --> 00:36:05,838
Why didn't your brother
leave you that land?
392
00:36:07,505 --> 00:36:09,921
- You worked hard on that land.
- I don't know.
393
00:36:10,755 --> 00:36:12,995
He should have left it to you
to take care of the family.
394
00:36:13,255 --> 00:36:20,130
It was John's land to leave
to whoever he wants to leave it to.
395
00:36:24,963 --> 00:36:26,505
The Pope. [laughing]
396
00:36:27,671 --> 00:36:28,671
The Pope.
397
00:36:29,463 --> 00:36:31,921
That's what we used to call your father
back then.
398
00:36:32,255 --> 00:36:35,046
The most honest man in all of Dowa market.
399
00:36:36,463 --> 00:36:37,630
We used to laugh at him
400
00:36:37,838 --> 00:36:40,546
because what good can come
from an honest businessman?
401
00:36:41,463 --> 00:36:43,880
We used to laugh at him,
until he had carried off
402
00:36:43,963 --> 00:36:46,380
the most beautiful woman
in the whole place.
403
00:36:47,421 --> 00:36:48,505
For farming.
404
00:36:50,088 --> 00:36:51,128
[in Chichewa] For farming.
405
00:36:54,671 --> 00:36:55,921
[in English] How is Agnes?
406
00:37:03,546 --> 00:37:04,880
Can you help us, Daniel?
407
00:37:10,005 --> 00:37:11,171
[sighs]
408
00:37:15,380 --> 00:37:16,505
The rains, Trywell.
409
00:37:20,505 --> 00:37:22,588
What can anybody do about these rains?
410
00:37:23,838 --> 00:37:27,713
This year, the land is too wet.
Next year, too dry.
411
00:37:28,921 --> 00:37:30,546
You can't do business like that.
412
00:37:33,213 --> 00:37:35,671
All indications have been
that the grain harvest
413
00:37:35,796 --> 00:37:37,046
would be good this year.
414
00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:40,421
Even the International Monetary Fund,
the World Bank,
415
00:37:41,046 --> 00:37:43,380
told the government
to sell all the excess grain
416
00:37:43,463 --> 00:37:44,588
to Mozambique and Kenya.
417
00:37:45,755 --> 00:37:46,838
And so they did.
418
00:37:47,463 --> 00:37:49,588
Now what's happened? The floods have come.
419
00:37:50,838 --> 00:37:53,338
And no one knows if there is enough grain
in this whole country
420
00:37:53,421 --> 00:37:54,838
to protect the farmers.
421
00:37:55,463 --> 00:37:57,463
The government will protect the farmers.
422
00:38:00,505 --> 00:38:02,755
Terrorists have attacked America.
423
00:38:04,421 --> 00:38:05,588
You must have heard it.
424
00:38:06,755 --> 00:38:08,421
All the markets are in free fall.
425
00:38:09,380 --> 00:38:11,963
All these government debts being recalled.
426
00:38:15,588 --> 00:38:16,796
Forget about the trees.
427
00:38:18,630 --> 00:38:19,796
Forget about the savings.
428
00:38:21,796 --> 00:38:25,546
When these rains stop and the sun returns,
429
00:38:26,505 --> 00:38:30,380
Malawi is preparing
for a very long hungry season.
430
00:38:36,796 --> 00:38:38,963
[insects chirping]
431
00:39:06,671 --> 00:39:08,356
[Trywell in English]
The roots are all weak,
432
00:39:08,380 --> 00:39:10,338
and now the sun is drying out the land,
433
00:39:10,921 --> 00:39:14,421
but when the president comes to Kasungu,
there will be journalists there,
434
00:39:15,088 --> 00:39:16,088
and other chiefs.
435
00:39:17,546 --> 00:39:18,755
You could say something.
436
00:39:18,963 --> 00:39:21,130
[in Chichewa]
We can't threaten the president.
437
00:39:21,255 --> 00:39:23,005
[Trywell in Chichewa] It's not threats.
438
00:39:23,463 --> 00:39:24,921
We have to protect ourselves.
439
00:39:25,338 --> 00:39:27,647
[in English] You just let them know
that we know what is happening.
440
00:39:27,671 --> 00:39:30,022
[man] Do you think the government
will leave everyone here to die?
441
00:39:30,046 --> 00:39:31,446
[Trywell in Chichewa] I don't know,
442
00:39:31,755 --> 00:39:33,880
but why should we sit here
waiting to find out?
443
00:39:44,005 --> 00:39:47,630
[in Chichewa]
There was a problem before, 20 years ago.
444
00:39:48,046 --> 00:39:50,213
People ran out of food.
445
00:39:50,838 --> 00:39:53,755
Chief fed them with what he could.
446
00:39:54,046 --> 00:39:56,213
He saved a lot of people.
447
00:39:57,005 --> 00:40:00,088
He'll make sure
it doesn't get that bad again.
448
00:40:01,088 --> 00:40:02,921
And if our harvest is okay,
449
00:40:03,463 --> 00:40:06,046
we'll finish paying
for William's schooling.
450
00:40:08,005 --> 00:40:09,255
And university?
451
00:40:13,796 --> 00:40:14,796
I don't know.
452
00:40:21,213 --> 00:40:23,755
How did you know
Papa was the man you'd marry?
453
00:40:28,338 --> 00:40:29,838
Is someone talking to you?
454
00:40:30,796 --> 00:40:32,588
No, I'm just curious.
455
00:40:34,505 --> 00:40:36,838
There's no one for you in Wimbe.
456
00:40:38,713 --> 00:40:39,713
I know.
457
00:40:41,255 --> 00:40:43,546
Annie, we'll get you off to university.
458
00:40:44,796 --> 00:40:47,005
You won't just be a wife and mother.
459
00:40:49,921 --> 00:40:51,171
No one's been talking?
460
00:40:53,505 --> 00:40:54,630
No one's been talking.
461
00:40:59,213 --> 00:41:00,973
[William in English]
I found another battery.
462
00:41:04,046 --> 00:41:06,921
It's dead,
but if you take out the bad cells,
463
00:41:07,755 --> 00:41:10,338
and connect the positive and negative
with this one,
464
00:41:11,296 --> 00:41:12,671
we can make a good battery.
465
00:41:14,088 --> 00:41:17,630
But it needs to charge.
It needs electricity.
466
00:41:18,421 --> 00:41:20,880
With electricity, we can fix the pump.
467
00:41:22,255 --> 00:41:24,505
We never know what's happening
with the rain.
468
00:42:10,088 --> 00:42:11,255
[Gilbert] What are you doing?
469
00:42:11,338 --> 00:42:13,058
[William]
All I have to do is skip assembly.
470
00:42:13,130 --> 00:42:15,088
I'll only go to science class for now.
471
00:42:15,213 --> 00:42:17,093
Class, make sure
your homework of exercise three
472
00:42:17,130 --> 00:42:19,213
is on my desk at 9 a.m. tomorrow morning.
473
00:42:21,630 --> 00:42:22,838
[William] Mr. Kachigunda.
474
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:25,046
[Mr. Kachigunda] William.
475
00:42:25,755 --> 00:42:28,755
When you turn the wheel on your bike,
the light shines.
476
00:42:29,546 --> 00:42:31,296
- Yes.
- How?
477
00:42:32,296 --> 00:42:33,380
A dynamo.
478
00:42:34,671 --> 00:42:36,713
How does a dynamo work?
479
00:42:37,088 --> 00:42:41,296
There's a little man on the inside
who rubs his hands together...
480
00:42:43,130 --> 00:42:44,671
It's, uh, magnets.
481
00:42:44,921 --> 00:42:48,421
- Where can I find a dynamo?
- You should try the trading center.
482
00:42:49,338 --> 00:42:52,505
I'm not sure if they'll have one there.
Mine came from Lilongwe.
483
00:42:52,963 --> 00:42:56,380
Well, what would I need to make one?
484
00:42:56,963 --> 00:42:59,421
I'm not sure exactly. A few things.
485
00:43:00,296 --> 00:43:04,213
Uh, a magnet, wiring,
something to break the magnetic field.
486
00:43:04,713 --> 00:43:07,088
If you try the library,
maybe you will find something there.
487
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,296
I don't have a library card.
488
00:43:13,921 --> 00:43:15,630
Because your parents haven't paid.
489
00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:22,713
How do you know I will not tell Mr. Ofesi
that you're coming to my class?
490
00:43:26,796 --> 00:43:28,380
Because I can keep a secret, sir.
491
00:43:29,338 --> 00:43:30,338
A secret?
492
00:43:30,588 --> 00:43:31,588
Yes, sir.
493
00:43:33,421 --> 00:43:36,921
There is a man who comes to my village
to see my sister...
494
00:43:39,046 --> 00:43:40,046
sir.
495
00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:46,880
[knocking]
496
00:43:49,463 --> 00:43:51,338
- [woman] Mr. Kachigunda.
- Mrs. Sikelo.
497
00:43:52,505 --> 00:43:55,171
This is William Kamkwamba.
He's part of my science class.
498
00:43:56,005 --> 00:43:57,213
He's no longer a student here,
499
00:43:57,296 --> 00:43:59,505
but he and I have been working
on various experiments,
500
00:43:59,588 --> 00:44:02,148
and I'd like for him to continue
his studies here in the library.
501
00:44:07,630 --> 00:44:10,380
- Does Mr. Ofesi know about this?
- Of course.
502
00:44:10,671 --> 00:44:12,046
Mr. Ofesi's only stipulation
503
00:44:12,130 --> 00:44:16,380
is the boy is not to be taught or assisted
by you or any other teacher.
504
00:44:16,963 --> 00:44:19,171
It's important to him
that the boy working here
505
00:44:19,255 --> 00:44:20,463
is not common knowledge.
506
00:44:20,921 --> 00:44:23,713
He himself would prefer
not to be reminded of the fact.
507
00:44:25,380 --> 00:44:26,380
Of course.
508
00:44:28,005 --> 00:44:29,421
- Good luck.
- Thank you, sir.
509
00:44:32,255 --> 00:44:36,380
Perhaps you should sit
away from the window.
510
00:44:50,130 --> 00:44:51,130
Ms. Sikelo.
511
00:44:53,505 --> 00:44:54,671
Mr. Kamkwamba.
512
00:44:56,088 --> 00:44:58,671
Are there any books on dynamos?
513
00:44:59,088 --> 00:45:00,088
Dynamos?
514
00:45:01,338 --> 00:45:02,838
Magnets and electricity?
515
00:45:03,755 --> 00:45:05,171
Is this in your class grade?
516
00:45:07,713 --> 00:45:09,463
Maybe I can work with a dictionary.
517
00:45:09,588 --> 00:45:12,588
All the senior textbooks
are on the bottom shelf on the left.
518
00:45:51,630 --> 00:45:54,713
[Mrs. Sikelo] Mr. Kamkwamba?
Did you find what you were looking for?
519
00:46:29,380 --> 00:46:32,838
- [crowd cheering]
- [rapid drumming]
520
00:46:46,213 --> 00:46:49,130
- Welcome, Mr. President.
- Thank you very much. How are you?
521
00:46:49,213 --> 00:46:50,880
[cheering continues]
522
00:47:01,671 --> 00:47:04,255
Thank you for coming Mr. President.
Welcome.
523
00:47:06,296 --> 00:47:08,671
[in Chichewa] Thank you, thank you.
524
00:47:09,046 --> 00:47:12,130
Clap your hands and cheer.
525
00:47:12,213 --> 00:47:13,713
[crowd cheering]
526
00:47:14,713 --> 00:47:17,546
People, I'm saying N.U.P.
527
00:47:17,671 --> 00:47:19,421
[crowd] Government!
528
00:47:19,588 --> 00:47:22,130
Say it three times.
529
00:47:22,671 --> 00:47:27,130
[crowd] N.U.P.!
N.U.P.! N.U.P.! Government!
530
00:47:27,213 --> 00:47:29,213
[crowd cheering]
531
00:47:30,171 --> 00:47:33,505
[in English] Uh, but first of all,
I'd like to thank you, Your Excellency,
532
00:47:33,880 --> 00:47:36,838
for honoring the inauguration
of Chief Mamba.
533
00:47:36,963 --> 00:47:38,296
[cheers and applause]
534
00:47:38,921 --> 00:47:40,505
Can you please stand, Chief?
535
00:47:40,630 --> 00:47:43,046
Yeah! Yeah!
536
00:47:44,713 --> 00:47:47,088
[in Chichewa]
And now I'll leave the mic to Chief Wimbe.
537
00:47:47,171 --> 00:47:49,505
[crowd cheering]
538
00:47:51,421 --> 00:47:54,213
[crowd chanting in Chichewa]
539
00:48:02,130 --> 00:48:03,921
[in English] Your Excellency,
540
00:48:04,255 --> 00:48:09,380
may I first congratulate you
on your achievements in government,
541
00:48:09,630 --> 00:48:12,046
and state that I hope
in the coming election,
542
00:48:12,130 --> 00:48:14,088
you will emerge victorious.
543
00:48:14,296 --> 00:48:16,005
[cheers and applause]
544
00:48:18,171 --> 00:48:22,796
You have been a key factor
in our peace and stability,
545
00:48:24,213 --> 00:48:27,671
when we have seen
the responsibility of government
546
00:48:27,838 --> 00:48:30,713
devolve into chaos across Africa.
547
00:48:30,796 --> 00:48:32,796
[crowd cheering]
548
00:48:35,380 --> 00:48:39,088
However, the recent floods
have created a dangerous situation.
549
00:48:41,046 --> 00:48:45,005
In many regions,
we already know the harvest will fail.
550
00:48:45,296 --> 00:48:47,546
[shouts of agreement]
551
00:48:49,171 --> 00:48:54,255
We know the economic machinery
is not pointed towards us,
552
00:48:55,338 --> 00:48:58,296
but we are now a democracy.
553
00:48:58,671 --> 00:49:02,755
We are prepared to make our voices heard
in the ballot box.
554
00:49:03,671 --> 00:49:07,463
- What is this man trying to do?
- We need an assurance of emergency grain.
555
00:49:07,838 --> 00:49:13,255
We need to know any food issue
will be slaughtered in its infancy.
556
00:49:13,338 --> 00:49:15,671
[scattered shouts of approval]
557
00:49:15,755 --> 00:49:19,796
We need a government
prepared to support its people.
558
00:49:21,046 --> 00:49:24,255
I want to vote for this government,
559
00:49:25,796 --> 00:49:28,671
but cannot vote for any man
560
00:49:29,588 --> 00:49:33,213
who will turn two blind eyes
to a catastrophe.
561
00:49:33,338 --> 00:49:35,838
[crowd members shouting]
562
00:49:36,296 --> 00:49:37,296
[indistinct]
563
00:49:37,338 --> 00:49:40,921
[man]
Democracy at work. Freedom of expression.
564
00:49:42,338 --> 00:49:45,880
Well, His Excellency
will address this misunderstanding,
565
00:49:46,713 --> 00:49:49,130
but for now, let's have some music.
566
00:49:49,588 --> 00:49:51,880
[upbeat music playing over speakers]
567
00:49:58,046 --> 00:49:59,046
Gilbert!
568
00:50:17,630 --> 00:50:19,255
[groans]
569
00:50:19,421 --> 00:50:20,880
[in Chichewa] Father! Father!
570
00:50:25,338 --> 00:50:26,338
William!
571
00:50:30,463 --> 00:50:31,505
William!
572
00:50:32,046 --> 00:50:33,671
- [gunshot]
- [people screaming]
573
00:50:34,213 --> 00:50:35,505
[gunshot]
574
00:50:53,963 --> 00:50:56,171
Father! Father!
575
00:50:56,921 --> 00:50:58,588
Father. Father!
576
00:50:59,463 --> 00:51:00,546
Father!
577
00:51:02,005 --> 00:51:03,421
- [sighs]
- Father!
578
00:51:04,671 --> 00:51:05,796
[voice fading] Father!
579
00:51:33,255 --> 00:51:35,215
[in Chichewa]
Why don't they take him to a clinic?
580
00:51:35,546 --> 00:51:36,546
He's safer here.
581
00:51:38,171 --> 00:51:39,380
Would they come back?
582
00:51:39,671 --> 00:51:40,838
[sighs]
583
00:51:41,755 --> 00:51:43,338
We don't know.
584
00:51:45,755 --> 00:51:47,671
You have to be a man now, William.
585
00:51:49,713 --> 00:51:51,380
No one is coming to help us.
586
00:51:52,921 --> 00:51:54,921
I need you to work with me
on this harvest.
587
00:51:56,546 --> 00:51:58,505
For every piece of grain we can get.
588
00:52:01,505 --> 00:52:02,505
Yes, sir.
589
00:52:03,630 --> 00:52:04,630
[man] Trywell.
590
00:52:35,546 --> 00:52:36,588
Thank you.
591
00:52:40,213 --> 00:52:41,796
[in Chichewa] Is that all there is?
592
00:52:42,630 --> 00:52:43,880
It's not even five bags.
593
00:52:44,921 --> 00:52:46,171
Sixty days.
594
00:52:47,588 --> 00:52:49,088
[Trywell] Sixty to seventy.
595
00:52:50,421 --> 00:52:52,546
[Agnes] With a year till the next harvest.
596
00:52:53,463 --> 00:52:54,463
It's not enough.
597
00:52:55,338 --> 00:52:56,630
We have savings.
598
00:52:57,880 --> 00:52:58,880
Trywell.
599
00:52:59,880 --> 00:53:00,880
It's not enough.
600
00:53:07,630 --> 00:53:09,630
[hammering against metal]
601
00:53:16,505 --> 00:53:18,755
[speaking in Chichewa]
602
00:53:43,796 --> 00:53:45,916
[in Chichewa]
The government is denying a food crisis.
603
00:53:47,005 --> 00:53:48,005
What?
604
00:53:48,713 --> 00:53:52,005
- They won't admit it's happening.
- [man speaking in Chichewa on radio]
605
00:53:52,088 --> 00:53:54,046
The corrupt government is only interested
606
00:53:54,130 --> 00:53:56,213
in securing victory
in the coming election.
607
00:53:56,296 --> 00:53:59,671
We demand assurances from our leadership.
608
00:54:00,463 --> 00:54:03,838
Tell us who will support our communities
when the food runs out?
609
00:54:03,921 --> 00:54:05,713
[murmurs of protest in crowd]
610
00:54:08,380 --> 00:54:10,588
[indistinct arguing]
611
00:54:11,463 --> 00:54:13,838
There's an opposition rally in Nkhata Bay.
612
00:54:13,921 --> 00:54:15,963
- They're getting a truck.
- Another rally?
613
00:54:16,213 --> 00:54:18,588
The opposition can put pressure
on the government.
614
00:54:18,671 --> 00:54:22,421
- Where can we get the best price?
- I'll take care of it.
615
00:54:22,505 --> 00:54:24,171
- Uh-huh.
- [Agnes] You're going?
616
00:54:24,255 --> 00:54:25,088
[Annie] Papa!
617
00:54:25,171 --> 00:54:27,380
The government doesn't want us
to make noise.
618
00:54:27,463 --> 00:54:30,130
The opposition people need our support.
619
00:54:30,713 --> 00:54:34,380
Make noise here if you want to make noise.
Stay with your family.
620
00:54:34,630 --> 00:54:37,255
We'll be back tonight.
Tomorrow at the latest.
621
00:54:39,546 --> 00:54:42,213
We need to make sure
people know what's happening here.
622
00:54:42,546 --> 00:54:43,546
[mutters in Chichewa]
623
00:55:17,546 --> 00:55:20,386
[Mrs. Sikelo in English] So, you use
the windmill to charge the battery?
624
00:55:21,046 --> 00:55:22,546
And the battery powers a pump.
625
00:55:23,255 --> 00:55:26,213
We can plant in the dry season.
Two harvests.
626
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:29,130
We can plant now
and we won't run out of food.
627
00:55:30,755 --> 00:55:33,046
With Mr. Kachigunda's dynamo, I can do it.
628
00:55:36,588 --> 00:55:37,588
Go to his class.
629
00:55:38,546 --> 00:55:39,546
Ask him.
630
00:55:41,755 --> 00:55:44,171
I don't want you staying
in this village anymore.
631
00:55:44,546 --> 00:55:46,296
Not with all of these problems.
632
00:55:47,630 --> 00:55:49,005
Where do you want me to go?
633
00:55:49,796 --> 00:55:51,130
I have people in Mangochi.
634
00:55:51,755 --> 00:55:55,213
We can travel there and marry.
635
00:56:00,921 --> 00:56:02,296
You want me to run away?
636
00:56:02,963 --> 00:56:04,921
You want me to disgrace my family?
637
00:56:05,005 --> 00:56:07,231
I love you. I don't know
what's more important than this.
638
00:56:07,255 --> 00:56:09,755
We can come back
when I can pay them a bride price.
639
00:56:09,838 --> 00:56:12,338
We'll do everything right then. I promise.
640
00:56:16,463 --> 00:56:18,296
Can you pay them a bride price now?
641
00:56:21,171 --> 00:56:22,671
There's no money for teachers.
642
00:56:23,755 --> 00:56:26,380
So many students are leaving
because of the harvest.
643
00:56:27,338 --> 00:56:28,671
They may close the school.
644
00:56:29,296 --> 00:56:32,171
There's nothing here for us.
There's nothing in Wimbe.
645
00:56:32,546 --> 00:56:33,546
Nothing for you.
646
00:56:35,296 --> 00:56:38,213
- You should go back to school.
- I don't care about school.
647
00:56:39,755 --> 00:56:41,880
We can leave now. I can arrange it. Annie.
648
00:56:42,713 --> 00:56:44,713
- Annie.
- How can I go to Mangochi?
649
00:56:45,380 --> 00:56:46,921
I can't even speak Yao.
650
00:56:47,880 --> 00:56:50,755
They speak English in Mangochi,
and you can learn Yao.
651
00:56:56,296 --> 00:56:59,338
[pupils murmuring indistinctly]
652
00:57:00,630 --> 00:57:03,921
[Mr. Ofesi] Class, I'll be taking
your science lesson this morning.
653
00:57:10,171 --> 00:57:11,296
William Kamkwamba.
654
00:57:13,713 --> 00:57:14,713
Stand up.
655
00:57:18,421 --> 00:57:19,505
My father will pay, sir.
656
00:57:19,838 --> 00:57:24,088
You are stealing from the family
of every remaining student in this school.
657
00:57:24,171 --> 00:57:25,380
My father will pay, sir.
658
00:57:25,463 --> 00:57:28,630
You're stealing from myself
and from every member of faculty.
659
00:57:29,171 --> 00:57:30,171
My father will pay.
660
00:57:30,296 --> 00:57:31,880
You're expelled from Kachokolo,
661
00:57:32,088 --> 00:57:34,338
and you will never be allowed
to study here again
662
00:57:34,505 --> 00:57:36,088
or any school in this district.
663
00:57:36,546 --> 00:57:39,005
- Collect your things and go.
- Mr. Ofesi.
664
00:57:39,713 --> 00:57:40,880
Collect your things and go!
665
00:57:53,505 --> 00:57:55,838
[Mr. Ofesi] There's nothing
I can do about it, Mrs. Sikelo.
666
00:57:55,963 --> 00:57:58,338
I cannot ignore him
sneaking into the school.
667
00:57:58,921 --> 00:58:02,255
But he was not sneaking into the school.
668
00:58:02,838 --> 00:58:04,088
Don't you see, Mr. Ofesi?
669
00:58:05,130 --> 00:58:08,463
Can you not see
that he's been sneaking out of the fields?
670
00:58:43,796 --> 00:58:45,755
[Agnes in Chichewa]
Have you seen your sister?
671
00:58:46,588 --> 00:58:47,588
No.
672
00:58:49,130 --> 00:58:50,630
They caught you at school?
673
00:58:52,588 --> 00:58:55,171
- You knew I was going?
- Of course.
674
00:58:57,921 --> 00:58:58,921
They expelled me.
675
00:58:59,880 --> 00:59:00,880
[Agnes] Oh!
676
00:59:01,380 --> 00:59:02,380
William.
677
00:59:04,046 --> 00:59:06,046
[people chattering, shouting]
678
00:59:14,880 --> 00:59:17,130
[Agnes calling out in Chichewa]
679
00:59:17,380 --> 00:59:20,880
- What's happening?
- They're taking grain to Chamama. To sell.
680
00:59:21,505 --> 00:59:23,130
[panting]
681
00:59:24,921 --> 00:59:27,880
It's a government truck.
They're not leaving us to starve.
682
00:59:28,671 --> 00:59:30,671
[people shouting]
683
00:59:39,380 --> 00:59:42,046
Buy grain. As much as you can.
684
00:59:42,380 --> 00:59:45,880
It's government price, not market price.
It's cheaper.
685
00:59:45,963 --> 00:59:47,546
Aah! No, take the bike.
686
00:59:48,796 --> 00:59:50,671
Take the bike. [panting]
687
00:59:53,671 --> 00:59:55,880
[shouts in English]
Khamba, stay! It's too far.
688
00:59:58,463 --> 00:59:59,921
- [dog barks]
- Khamba, stay.
689
01:00:24,671 --> 01:00:26,671
[people shouting in distance]
690
01:00:41,796 --> 01:00:45,546
[in Chichewa] Grain! Grain! Grain!
691
01:00:59,005 --> 01:01:01,755
[woman shouting indistinctly in Chichewa]
692
01:01:05,130 --> 01:01:06,130
[in Chichewa] Stop!
693
01:01:08,838 --> 01:01:09,838
Stop!
694
01:01:10,630 --> 01:01:11,630
Let's go back.
695
01:01:21,255 --> 01:01:22,713
[baby fussing]
696
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:25,505
- [in Chichewa] Where were you?
- [Annie] Seeing a friend.
697
01:01:26,505 --> 01:01:27,588
Which friend?
698
01:01:28,505 --> 01:01:30,838
You think I don't see you
sneaking out of here?
699
01:01:31,255 --> 01:01:32,546
At night even?
700
01:01:33,255 --> 01:01:34,713
- I've told you...
- [Agnes] I know.
701
01:01:35,338 --> 01:01:36,338
What?
702
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:38,463
There's no one for me in Wimbe.
703
01:01:39,338 --> 01:01:40,963
There's nothing for me in Wimbe.
704
01:01:41,130 --> 01:01:44,713
So if there's nothing for me in Wimbe,
why should I stay in Wimbe?
705
01:01:44,838 --> 01:01:45,880
How can I stay?
706
01:01:48,963 --> 01:01:50,255
[door slams]
707
01:02:03,921 --> 01:02:06,338
- Who are you going with?
- That's not what I'm saying.
708
01:02:06,921 --> 01:02:08,588
You want to disgrace your family?
709
01:02:10,255 --> 01:02:11,380
You don't understand.
710
01:02:12,046 --> 01:02:15,546
What do you think you know that I don't?
711
01:02:16,921 --> 01:02:17,921
[shrieks]
712
01:02:18,505 --> 01:02:20,505
[dishes clattering]
713
01:02:20,671 --> 01:02:22,671
Madam, I haven't eaten in two days.
714
01:02:23,005 --> 01:02:24,005
Get out.
715
01:02:25,088 --> 01:02:26,505
I don't want to hurt anyone.
716
01:02:30,130 --> 01:02:32,421
- They said to see the Chief...
- [baby crying]
717
01:02:37,171 --> 01:02:38,171
but he's dying.
718
01:02:45,130 --> 01:02:46,546
[women crying out]
719
01:02:47,838 --> 01:02:49,463
[man muttering in Chichewa]
720
01:02:51,963 --> 01:02:52,963
[shrieks]
721
01:02:58,963 --> 01:03:00,546
[dog barking]
722
01:03:04,921 --> 01:03:09,546
[Agnes screaming in Chichewa]
723
01:03:12,380 --> 01:03:13,546
[screams]
724
01:03:14,671 --> 01:03:17,921
[Agnes sobbing]
725
01:03:36,463 --> 01:03:38,713
[people chattering in Chichewa]
726
01:03:59,921 --> 01:04:02,481
[in Chichewa] How much can they have?
There were only two trucks.
727
01:04:02,630 --> 01:04:04,630
[people shouting]
728
01:04:43,713 --> 01:04:45,921
[man in Chichewa] Back in line!
Back in line!
729
01:04:46,005 --> 01:04:49,171
[man continues shouting orders
in Chichewa]
730
01:05:10,338 --> 01:05:12,255
[people shouting]
731
01:05:54,838 --> 01:05:57,546
[soldiers speaking in Chichewa]
732
01:06:07,546 --> 01:06:11,046
There will not be enough
for everyone today.
733
01:06:11,380 --> 01:06:13,671
[overlapping shouts]
734
01:06:39,713 --> 01:06:41,421
I can only give you fifteen kilos.
735
01:06:56,838 --> 01:06:58,671
[shouts continue from outside]
736
01:06:58,755 --> 01:07:01,588
[people pounding
on metal paneling outside]
737
01:07:27,713 --> 01:07:29,713
[speaking indistinctly in Chichewa]
738
01:07:34,380 --> 01:07:35,671
[calling out in Chichewa]
739
01:07:39,505 --> 01:07:41,046
[vehicle honks in distance]
740
01:07:45,755 --> 01:07:48,338
[Agnes] Trywell! Trywell!
741
01:07:49,838 --> 01:07:51,838
[in Chichewa] I told you not to go!
742
01:07:52,255 --> 01:07:54,338
- What happened?
- I told you not to go!
743
01:07:56,088 --> 01:07:58,213
- I told you not to go!
- [Trywell] Where's William?
744
01:07:58,296 --> 01:07:59,338
[Agnes] I don't know.
745
01:07:59,421 --> 01:08:01,255
[Trywell] William! Where's William?
746
01:08:01,546 --> 01:08:03,546
[shouts continue outside]
747
01:08:06,463 --> 01:08:08,463
[baby fussing]
748
01:08:15,505 --> 01:08:18,305
[man in Chichewa] We can't just stay here.
We'll need to open the door.
749
01:08:18,380 --> 01:08:19,546
You'll have to run.
750
01:08:19,921 --> 01:08:21,546
[murmurs of protest]
751
01:08:34,046 --> 01:08:35,046
Sir.
752
01:08:35,171 --> 01:08:36,171
Can you help me?
753
01:08:38,463 --> 01:08:39,463
Please.
754
01:09:13,713 --> 01:09:14,713
[Trywell sighs]
755
01:09:19,796 --> 01:09:22,213
[in Chichewa] We can have one meal a day.
756
01:09:28,671 --> 01:09:30,380
We should decide which one.
757
01:09:30,963 --> 01:09:31,963
[Annie scoffs]
758
01:09:33,130 --> 01:09:34,130
This is crazy.
759
01:09:42,338 --> 01:09:43,338
Agnes?
760
01:09:47,546 --> 01:09:48,880
Supper.
761
01:09:50,130 --> 01:09:52,713
You can't sleep on an empty stomach.
762
01:09:58,671 --> 01:09:59,671
William?
763
01:10:02,338 --> 01:10:03,338
Breakfast.
764
01:10:04,296 --> 01:10:05,296
Why?
765
01:10:06,671 --> 01:10:08,130
I like breakfast.
766
01:10:09,255 --> 01:10:11,463
- My God!
- Annie!
767
01:10:14,796 --> 01:10:16,476
You don't raise your voice to your father.
768
01:10:16,505 --> 01:10:17,796
He left us here.
769
01:10:17,963 --> 01:10:20,796
We could have been raped and killed.
If it wasn't for William...
770
01:10:21,296 --> 01:10:22,296
[gasps, cries out]
771
01:10:29,130 --> 01:10:30,130
[sobs]
772
01:10:31,130 --> 01:10:34,755
Your father was trying to save us.
773
01:10:35,546 --> 01:10:37,588
- There's no food!
- And so?
774
01:10:39,713 --> 01:10:41,963
You think I'd let you starve to death?
775
01:10:45,296 --> 01:10:47,796
When I cut off my own arm to feed you,
776
01:10:49,421 --> 01:10:51,338
then you'll know that you're my child.
777
01:11:10,421 --> 01:11:11,963
[sobbing]
778
01:11:19,046 --> 01:11:21,046
[Trywell grunting]
779
01:12:01,505 --> 01:12:02,630
[grunting]
780
01:12:14,796 --> 01:12:15,796
[grunts]
781
01:12:30,130 --> 01:12:31,171
[mutters in Chichewa]
782
01:12:35,171 --> 01:12:39,421
Tomorrow,
we'll dig ridges and start planting.
783
01:12:40,838 --> 01:12:43,130
[man] The ground is too hard.
It's the dry season.
784
01:12:43,338 --> 01:12:45,046
Nothing will grow.
785
01:12:47,630 --> 01:12:48,630
[Trywell] Then...
786
01:12:49,796 --> 01:12:51,088
we pray for rain.
787
01:12:52,755 --> 01:12:54,255
Dear Father,
788
01:12:56,088 --> 01:12:57,380
fight for this family.
789
01:12:58,338 --> 01:13:00,338
- Bring us rain in this dry season...
- Trywell.
790
01:13:00,796 --> 01:13:01,796
Stop.
791
01:13:10,588 --> 01:13:12,338
Eat, Papa.
792
01:13:18,130 --> 01:13:19,171
[sighs]
793
01:13:39,671 --> 01:13:42,463
If you give any food to that dog,
794
01:13:43,338 --> 01:13:44,546
I'll break your neck.
795
01:13:55,005 --> 01:13:56,546
[softly] Annie. Annie.
796
01:13:58,671 --> 01:14:01,630
- What is it?
- I need you to speak to Mr. Kachigunda.
797
01:14:07,088 --> 01:14:08,796
I know you're talking to Mr. Kachigunda.
798
01:14:09,213 --> 01:14:11,213
I need to use the dynamo from his bike.
799
01:14:12,213 --> 01:14:14,213
- The dynamo?
- You have to help me, Annie.
800
01:14:15,171 --> 01:14:17,255
Tell him he has to let me use the dynamo.
801
01:14:17,338 --> 01:14:19,546
I can fix a water pump.
I know how to do it.
802
01:14:19,963 --> 01:14:21,880
I can bring water. I can make rain.
803
01:14:23,630 --> 01:14:24,755
But I need the dynamo.
804
01:14:44,921 --> 01:14:47,130
[gentle song playing]
805
01:15:02,005 --> 01:15:04,630
[woman singing in Chichewa]
806
01:15:36,213 --> 01:15:37,255
[fly buzzing]
807
01:15:42,421 --> 01:15:45,088
[Trywell and Agnes shouting in Chichewa]
808
01:15:53,921 --> 01:15:55,630
[in Chichewa] Mama, what happened?
809
01:15:56,713 --> 01:15:58,463
[sobbing] She's gone with teacher.
810
01:15:58,880 --> 01:16:00,796
Did you see her? Did you see her?
811
01:16:00,880 --> 01:16:01,880
[William] No, sir.
812
01:16:02,713 --> 01:16:03,713
Are you lying to me?
813
01:16:04,463 --> 01:16:06,671
- Where did they go?
- I don't know, sir.
814
01:16:07,963 --> 01:16:09,713
Bring me my daughter, William.
815
01:16:09,921 --> 01:16:12,880
- I don't know, sir. I don't know!
- Bring me my daughter!
816
01:16:13,546 --> 01:16:14,796
[in English] "One less."
817
01:16:16,213 --> 01:16:18,046
She says, "One less."
818
01:16:19,588 --> 01:16:23,088
"One less mouth to feed."
819
01:16:37,338 --> 01:16:40,296
[in English] I'll do everything I can
to find an address, but right now...
820
01:16:40,380 --> 01:16:42,796
We have no money to go to Mangochi.
821
01:16:45,463 --> 01:16:48,671
I'll do my best to locate Mr. Kachigunda.
822
01:16:49,796 --> 01:16:50,796
Your best?
823
01:16:50,880 --> 01:16:53,463
I'm sorry, we're closing the school
for the moment.
824
01:16:54,505 --> 01:16:56,755
There are not enough students or teachers.
825
01:16:58,380 --> 01:17:00,963
- Is Ms. Sikelo still here?
- No.
826
01:17:02,838 --> 01:17:05,921
This hunger will be the last one,
827
01:17:07,421 --> 01:17:09,630
for me and my family, believe me.
828
01:17:12,130 --> 01:17:14,421
We'll never go through
something like this again.
829
01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:17,546
[Agnes] He's starving himself.
830
01:17:19,130 --> 01:17:20,421
Killing himself.
831
01:17:21,546 --> 01:17:24,796
So he doesn't take food
from these children.
832
01:17:25,505 --> 01:17:26,338
Mrs. Kamkwamba...
833
01:17:26,421 --> 01:17:28,880
When we were first married,
we promised each other
834
01:17:30,380 --> 01:17:34,421
that we would never pray for rain
like our ancestors.
835
01:17:34,796 --> 01:17:36,505
We said we were modern people,
836
01:17:37,463 --> 01:17:39,296
and our children would go to school.
837
01:17:40,171 --> 01:17:43,671
And this is here that Annie met teacher,
838
01:17:44,880 --> 01:17:45,880
and we paid for it.
839
01:17:47,713 --> 01:17:51,088
- And you even expelled my son.
- Not me, Mrs. Kamkwamba.
840
01:17:51,588 --> 01:17:53,421
- The government...
- Which government?
841
01:17:55,880 --> 01:17:57,671
The government that beat our chief?
842
01:17:59,213 --> 01:18:00,213
[baby fussing]
843
01:18:00,755 --> 01:18:05,088
Even if they prayed for rain,
the ancestors survived
844
01:18:06,130 --> 01:18:07,588
because they stayed together.
845
01:18:09,671 --> 01:18:11,838
[baby whimpering, crying]
846
01:18:19,005 --> 01:18:21,213
When do we stay together, Mr. Headmaster?
847
01:18:26,921 --> 01:18:28,921
What can I do, Mrs. Kamkwamba?
848
01:18:38,880 --> 01:18:40,338
Can I use the library?
849
01:18:52,588 --> 01:18:53,838
[in Chichewa] What's all this?
850
01:18:54,255 --> 01:18:55,380
[in English] An experiment.
851
01:18:57,130 --> 01:19:00,213
In America, electricity made from wind.
852
01:19:01,005 --> 01:19:02,965
[in Chichewa]
With electricity, we can make water.
853
01:19:03,463 --> 01:19:05,022
[in English]
We're going to build a windmill.
854
01:19:05,046 --> 01:19:07,713
We need to build a small one first,
to see if it works.
855
01:19:07,796 --> 01:19:10,421
[in Chichewa]
All I ate today was pigskin from the drum.
856
01:19:11,671 --> 01:19:12,963
Don't waste my time.
857
01:19:15,130 --> 01:19:16,171
What do we do?
858
01:19:31,630 --> 01:19:34,171
It has a motor inside.
[in English] It turns the cassette tape.
859
01:19:34,921 --> 01:19:36,881
[in Chichewa]
How are you doing with those blades?
860
01:19:36,963 --> 01:19:38,463
[man in Chichewa] I'm almost there.
861
01:19:56,838 --> 01:19:58,546
[in Chichewa] Okay, open the door.
862
01:20:00,921 --> 01:20:02,921
[wind blowing]
863
01:20:24,005 --> 01:20:25,880
[static]
864
01:20:25,963 --> 01:20:27,963
[all cheering]
865
01:20:29,046 --> 01:20:30,588
[excited chatter]
866
01:20:33,713 --> 01:20:35,713
[boys together in Chichewa]
♪ It's a clever bird ♪
867
01:20:35,838 --> 01:20:38,463
♪ It builds its nest ♪
868
01:20:38,921 --> 01:20:41,546
♪ To protect the others... ♪
869
01:20:45,713 --> 01:20:47,713
[chattering, laughing]
870
01:21:02,005 --> 01:21:03,005
[sighs]
871
01:21:06,796 --> 01:21:07,963
[grunting]
872
01:21:12,296 --> 01:21:13,505
[William in Chichewa] Papa.
873
01:21:15,421 --> 01:21:16,921
I want to show you something.
874
01:21:38,255 --> 01:21:40,255
[indistinct radio chatter]
875
01:21:41,671 --> 01:21:43,046
Can you hear it?
876
01:21:47,963 --> 01:21:48,963
Uh-huh.
877
01:21:50,588 --> 01:21:51,588
What is it?
878
01:21:52,755 --> 01:21:54,088
It's wind energy.
879
01:21:54,838 --> 01:21:57,130
The blades make electricity,
880
01:21:57,796 --> 01:21:59,130
and that powers the radio.
881
01:22:01,796 --> 01:22:02,796
I see.
882
01:22:03,255 --> 01:22:09,171
I want to build a big one.
A big one could power a water pump.
883
01:22:09,796 --> 01:22:12,213
It means that even if the land is dry,
884
01:22:13,213 --> 01:22:16,838
we can still plant.
885
01:22:20,338 --> 01:22:21,338
It can do that?
886
01:22:23,005 --> 01:22:24,005
Yes.
887
01:22:25,088 --> 01:22:27,380
But to build a big one,
888
01:22:27,755 --> 01:22:29,921
I'll need something
to help turn the blades.
889
01:22:32,963 --> 01:22:35,838
If I could use your bike, it would work.
890
01:22:40,796 --> 01:22:41,796
The bike?
891
01:22:43,046 --> 01:22:44,505
It would work.
892
01:22:49,421 --> 01:22:50,880
How long would you need it for?
893
01:22:53,671 --> 01:22:57,338
I'd need to remove the wheels
and cut the frame.
894
01:22:57,671 --> 01:23:00,171
You couldn't use it as a bike anymore.
895
01:23:04,630 --> 01:23:05,630
What?
896
01:23:11,255 --> 01:23:12,255
William.
897
01:23:15,171 --> 01:23:17,171
Have you seen what's happening, William?
898
01:23:18,213 --> 01:23:19,213
Yes, sir.
899
01:23:20,463 --> 01:23:24,130
- People are dying. Do you understand?
- This will help everyone.
900
01:23:26,088 --> 01:23:27,921
Get this stupidness away from me.
901
01:23:28,630 --> 01:23:31,671
- Papa...
- Get this stupidness away from me!
902
01:23:32,796 --> 01:23:36,463
Papa, I need to take the bike
so I can bring electricity.
903
01:23:36,921 --> 01:23:39,630
With electricity, I can make water.
I can make rain.
904
01:23:39,713 --> 01:23:40,838
Are you still talking?
905
01:23:43,421 --> 01:23:46,671
There are things I know
that you don't know.
906
01:23:52,546 --> 01:23:54,796
Because you can make toys?
907
01:23:59,505 --> 01:24:01,005
Because of school.
908
01:24:05,213 --> 01:24:09,130
From now on, you get up with me
first thing in the morning, understand?
909
01:24:09,838 --> 01:24:12,088
You help me build these ridges.
910
01:24:12,338 --> 01:24:16,171
Forget about school!
Forget about the library!
911
01:24:16,338 --> 01:24:18,963
I don't want to see you
near this foolishness again!
912
01:24:19,671 --> 01:24:20,713
I was wrong!
913
01:24:22,296 --> 01:24:26,921
It's damn well time
you learned how to farm!
914
01:24:27,213 --> 01:24:28,213
Plow the land!
915
01:24:30,880 --> 01:24:32,046
Plow the land!
916
01:25:22,421 --> 01:25:24,546
- [in English] Are you okay?
- It's too hot.
917
01:25:26,255 --> 01:25:27,255
Look at the sky.
918
01:25:28,921 --> 01:25:31,755
It won't rain. It won't rain for months.
919
01:25:36,130 --> 01:25:39,050
[in Chichewa] Do you think the Gule
Wamkulu will come when my father dies?
920
01:25:40,005 --> 01:25:41,463
Even though there's a hunger?
921
01:25:44,338 --> 01:25:46,463
They're supposed to come
when a chief dies.
922
01:26:09,963 --> 01:26:12,088
- Let's go.
- Where?
923
01:26:16,838 --> 01:26:18,255
[in Chichewa] What's happening?
924
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:22,046
We have to go north while we still can.
There's nothing left.
925
01:26:22,338 --> 01:26:23,713
I need your help.
926
01:26:24,171 --> 01:26:26,130
- [in English] If we stay, we die.
- No.
927
01:26:27,088 --> 01:26:29,213
We find another bike
and we build the windmill.
928
01:26:29,296 --> 01:26:31,171
[in Chichewa]
You're mad. A bike from where?
929
01:26:31,421 --> 01:26:34,963
There's no one in the trading center.
Everyone is leaving the village.
930
01:26:35,046 --> 01:26:39,046
- [in English] It was a toy, William.
- It's not a toy. I showed you.
931
01:26:39,796 --> 01:26:41,880
[in Chichewa]
What if there's no food in the north?
932
01:26:44,505 --> 01:26:45,630
[in English] You'll die.
933
01:26:47,213 --> 01:26:49,213
[in Chichewa]
If you're sure it will work, William,
934
01:26:49,546 --> 01:26:51,421
why don't you just take
your father's bike?
935
01:26:52,255 --> 01:26:53,630
Why don't you just take it?
936
01:27:12,796 --> 01:27:13,796
Papa.
937
01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:30,005
[in Chichewa] What's this?
938
01:27:31,546 --> 01:27:33,130
We need to take the bike, Papa.
939
01:27:40,755 --> 01:27:42,130
[in English] You want to fight me?
940
01:27:42,671 --> 01:27:46,588
We don't want to fight you, Trywell.
We just want you to give William the bike.
941
01:27:49,296 --> 01:27:50,296
William.
942
01:27:57,796 --> 01:27:58,880
Get away from my house.
943
01:27:59,296 --> 01:28:00,838
- He can bring water.
- You say.
944
01:28:01,338 --> 01:28:02,755
[in Chichewa] I can bring water.
945
01:28:03,463 --> 01:28:06,130
- All year round.
- You're a big man now, huh?
946
01:28:09,546 --> 01:28:10,546
[in English] Big men.
947
01:28:13,630 --> 01:28:14,630
Fight me.
948
01:28:19,588 --> 01:28:20,755
[in Chichewa] Do it!
949
01:28:32,921 --> 01:28:34,005
I'm your father!
950
01:28:36,338 --> 01:28:37,588
I'm your father!
951
01:28:48,421 --> 01:28:49,546
[William in English] Wait.
952
01:28:51,005 --> 01:28:52,963
[in Chichewa]
Come with us, William. Let's leave.
953
01:28:59,046 --> 01:29:00,213
[William in English] I can't.
954
01:29:09,005 --> 01:29:10,005
I have to go home.
955
01:29:11,213 --> 01:29:12,630
I need to be with my father.
956
01:29:35,171 --> 01:29:37,171
[wind howling]
957
01:30:20,630 --> 01:30:21,671
[in English] Khamba, come.
958
01:30:31,338 --> 01:30:32,338
Khamba.
959
01:30:45,046 --> 01:30:46,130
[voice trembles] Khamba.
960
01:31:29,671 --> 01:31:30,755
[footsteps]
961
01:31:41,505 --> 01:31:43,796
[Trywell in Chichewa]
He tried to fight me,
962
01:31:44,838 --> 01:31:45,838
with his friends,
963
01:31:46,671 --> 01:31:48,255
for the bike.
964
01:31:49,630 --> 01:31:50,963
Will you give it to him?
965
01:31:52,755 --> 01:31:53,880
Of course not.
966
01:32:14,963 --> 01:32:16,963
How much should I lose, Trywell?
967
01:32:20,171 --> 01:32:21,171
Huh?
968
01:32:22,796 --> 01:32:24,713
Everywhere I followed you,
969
01:32:25,796 --> 01:32:26,838
I lost something.
970
01:32:29,338 --> 01:32:30,338
My parents,
971
01:32:31,463 --> 01:32:32,880
when I came here.
972
01:32:35,296 --> 01:32:36,296
Then the land.
973
01:32:39,255 --> 01:32:40,296
Then we lost Annie.
974
01:32:43,505 --> 01:32:44,588
You're blaming me?
975
01:32:47,880 --> 01:32:50,046
I'm not blaming you.
976
01:32:52,671 --> 01:32:53,671
I'm asking you.
977
01:32:56,338 --> 01:32:59,421
When do we stop losing?
978
01:33:02,213 --> 01:33:04,046
Nothing we have done has worked.
979
01:33:58,588 --> 01:34:00,588
[bike rattling in distance]
980
01:34:24,046 --> 01:34:25,963
[in Chichewa] John said we'd grow tobacco.
981
01:34:29,255 --> 01:34:33,296
Tobacco that looked like milk chocolate,
982
01:34:35,713 --> 01:34:37,338
for 2,000 kwacha a kilo.
983
01:34:37,463 --> 01:34:38,463
[chuckles]
984
01:34:41,005 --> 01:34:42,005
I'm sorry, Papa.
985
01:34:43,963 --> 01:34:45,255
Sometimes it's dreams,
986
01:34:47,630 --> 01:34:49,588
and sometimes it's just lies.
987
01:34:52,005 --> 01:34:53,463
It's not a dream, Papa.
988
01:34:56,713 --> 01:34:58,046
I'm not dreaming.
989
01:35:03,046 --> 01:35:05,505
That's why he didn't leave the land to me.
990
01:35:09,255 --> 01:35:10,671
He didn't trust me.
991
01:35:12,005 --> 01:35:13,005
He never did.
992
01:35:15,630 --> 01:35:18,588
He knew I'd fail.
993
01:35:20,380 --> 01:35:21,921
Like I have.
994
01:35:24,630 --> 01:35:27,588
You didn't fail me. Never.
995
01:35:29,171 --> 01:35:30,296
I went to school.
996
01:35:43,671 --> 01:35:44,713
Water?
997
01:35:46,296 --> 01:35:47,296
Yes, sir.
998
01:35:51,338 --> 01:35:52,338
From wind?
999
01:35:54,713 --> 01:35:55,921
It can work,
1000
01:35:58,005 --> 01:35:59,421
if you help me.
1001
01:36:11,088 --> 01:36:12,088
Okay.
1002
01:36:26,046 --> 01:36:27,421
[metal part clanging]
1003
01:37:00,005 --> 01:37:01,630
[all grunting]
1004
01:37:08,880 --> 01:37:10,880
[indistinct chatter in Chichewa]
1005
01:37:43,421 --> 01:37:45,171
[in English]
You can bring it up. I'm ready.
1006
01:38:00,505 --> 01:38:02,025
[Trywell in Chichewa] Have you got it?
1007
01:38:09,505 --> 01:38:10,630
Be careful, William.
1008
01:38:43,505 --> 01:38:45,505
[squeaking]
1009
01:39:42,755 --> 01:39:45,171
[in English] It needs to charge.
The battery needs to charge.
1010
01:40:24,921 --> 01:40:26,838
[steady clicking]
1011
01:40:31,005 --> 01:40:32,255
[water sputters in hose]
1012
01:40:44,005 --> 01:40:46,213
[screams]
1013
01:40:46,338 --> 01:40:48,338
[laughter, excited chatter]
1014
01:41:02,421 --> 01:41:04,421
[indistinct chatter in Chichewa]
1015
01:41:05,838 --> 01:41:10,338
[in Chichewa] Go to the chief's house
and bring seeds. We'll plant vegetables.
1016
01:41:17,546 --> 01:41:20,671
We'll get through
while we wait for the grain to grow.
1017
01:42:38,713 --> 01:42:40,713
[bugs chirring]
1018
01:42:58,671 --> 01:43:00,963
[man singing Islamic call to prayer]
1019
01:43:15,255 --> 01:43:17,255
[man praying in Arabic]
1020
01:43:25,713 --> 01:43:28,005
[drums thudding]
1021
01:43:28,088 --> 01:43:30,296
- [people chanting]
- [metallic jangling]
1022
01:43:35,546 --> 01:43:37,546
[drumming and chanting continue]
1023
01:43:41,963 --> 01:43:43,338
[in English] Go to them, Gilbert.
1024
01:44:30,296 --> 01:44:33,463
[in Chichewa] Mrs. Sikelo wants to bring
the new government's representative
1025
01:44:34,046 --> 01:44:36,255
for the schools district
to see the windmill.
1026
01:44:38,463 --> 01:44:41,380
She says there may be a scholarship
for a school in Madisi.
1027
01:44:44,921 --> 01:44:47,546
I think I should stay here.
1028
01:44:48,796 --> 01:44:52,421
At least till Annie comes back.
1029
01:44:53,088 --> 01:44:55,588
I think I should stay
and help you with the land.
1030
01:45:01,755 --> 01:45:04,005
I've been thinking about this machine,
William.
1031
01:45:06,588 --> 01:45:09,088
I've been thinking about
how it will carry you away
1032
01:45:09,171 --> 01:45:10,921
and keep you here at the same time.
1033
01:45:13,005 --> 01:45:15,755
Because no one can see this thing
and not think of you.
1034
01:45:17,338 --> 01:45:19,463
No one would want to.
1035
01:45:21,921 --> 01:45:23,380
Wherever you are.
1036
01:45:30,421 --> 01:45:31,421
Go to school.
1037
01:47:23,005 --> 01:47:25,630
[audience applauding, cheering]