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The First Grader

2010· 1h 43m

DramaHistoryRomance

Directed by Justin Chadwick

7.2/ 10

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Overview

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

Naomie Harris

Jane Obinchu

Tony Kgoroge

Tony Kgoroge

Charles Obinchu

Nick Reding

Officer Johnson

Oliver Litondo

Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge

Alfred Munyua

Kamau Mbaya

Kamau Chege

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