The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)

A farming community in Malawi is facing hard times. So, when the offer to buy up trees comes along, some landowners agree, even though cutting them down will flood the farms of other landowners and ruin the crops. Teenager William has been tossed out of school because his family cannot afford the fees any longer, but he still finds a way to research wind energy to irrigate the land.

It's based on a true story and is incredibly inspiring, even though it does that thing where the patriarch is bullheaded because he simply can't understand that his kid might actually be smart. 

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