The First Grader

“It's never too late to dream.”

7.1

2010

1h 43m

DramaHistoryRomance

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.

Key Crew

Director

Justin Chadwick

Producers

Sam Feuer

Richard Harding

David M. Thompson

Writers

Ann Peacock

Cinematography

Rob Hardy

Music

Alex Heffes

Cast (6)

Naomie Harris

Jane Obinchu

Tony Kgoroge

Charles Obinchu

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