The First Grader (2010)

Directors

Justin Chadwick

Cast

Oliver Litondo, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Alfred Munyua, Shoki Mokgapa

The story

In 2003, a disc jockey announces over a Kenyan radio station that the government is offering free primary school education to all natives who can prove citizenship with a birth certificate. Kimani Maruge (Litondo), an 84-year-old villager, hears this and decides to take it upon himself to seek an education. Arriving at his local school, he meets Jane Obinchu (Harris), the principal and teacher.

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