The First Grader
Sep 12 2010
•2h 43m
•Drama, History, Romance
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
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Naomie Harris
Jane Obinchu
Tony Kgoroge
Charles Obinchu
Nick Reding
Officer Johnson
Oliver Litondo
Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge
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