The First Grader
– The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his r..
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.
24 Jun 2011
English
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.
Justin Chadwick
Ann Peacock
Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua
Set in a mountain village in Kenya the film tells the remarkable true and uplifting story of a proud old Mau Mau veteran who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write - and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they win through - and also find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past.
17 wins & 12 nominations.
$332,306
National Geographic Entertainment