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The First Grader (2010)

The First Grader (2010)

103 minutes EN Drama , History , Romance
It's never too late to dream.
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.
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Naomie Harris
Jane Obinchu
Tony Kgoroge
Charles Obinchu
Nick Reding
Officer Johnson
Oliver Litondo
Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge
Kamau Mbaya
Kamau Chege
Production companies: Sixth Sense Productions, BBC Film, UK Film Council, Videovision Entertainment, Lipsync Productions, ARTE, Big Boy Films, Origin Pictures
Production countries: United Kingdom, United States of America, Kenya

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