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The First Grader

It's never too late to dream.

2010 · 1h 43m · 7.2 on TMDB

PG-13

Drama History Romance

The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.

Cast

Naomie Harris
Jane Obinchu
Tony Kgoroge
Charles Obinchu
Nick Reding
Officer Johnson
Oliver Litondo
Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge

Alfred Munyua

Kamau Mbaya

Kamau Chege

Production

Sixth Sense Productions BBC Film UK Film Council Videovision Entertainment

Directed by

Justin Chadwick

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Released: September 12, 2010

Awards

People's Choice Award · 2010nomineeTIFF

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