The First Grader

The First Grader

2010 · 1 hr 43 min · PG-13

Biography, Drama, Romance

Directors

Justin Chadwick

Actors

  • Naomie Harris
  • Oliver Litondo
  • Tony Kgoroge

Credits: 2

Summary

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

More about this movie

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.