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THE FIRST GRADER (Past Film)
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Completed - Drama - 98 minutes

Year of production : 2010

Director(s) : Justin CHADWICK
Writer(s) : Ann PEACOCK
Cast : Naomie HARRIS, Oliver LITONDO

Producer(s) : Richard HARDING, Sam FEUER, David M. THOMPSON

Synopsis

In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied-even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six year-olds.
The First Grader is a heart warming and inspiring tale of one man's fight for what he believes is his right in order to overcome the burdens of his past. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education. As Maruge himself said, "the power is in the pen".

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

ARGENTINA LEDAFILMS S.A.
AUSTRALIA RIALTO DISTRIBU
AUSTRALIA SBS TELEVISION
HONG KONG EDKO FILMS LTD
JAPAN THE KLOCKWORX C
KOREA (Sou LUMIX MEDIA
NETHERLAND A-FILM BENELUX
PORTUGAL NOS LUSOMUNDO A
TURKEY CALINOS FILMS
UNITED KIN THUNDERBIRD REL
UNITED KIN DIFFUSION PICTU


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