Widowed at 28, Tibetan farmer Zanta defies her tyrannical father-in-law. When Zanta’s in-laws won’t let her seven-year-old son go to school, she flees to Beijing to become a street merchant.
William Kwamkwamba builds a windmill from old junk, based on a picture he found in a book. The windmill generates power for his family and the village.
