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The First Grader

2010 · 1 h 43 m · 7.3 · PG-13

Romance · Drama · Biography

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.

Artists

Naomie Harris Tony KgorogeN Nick RedingO Oliver LitondoA Alfred MunyuaK Kamau Mbaya

Director

Justin Chadwick

Studios

ARTE BBC Film Lipsync Productions Origin Pictures UK Film CouncilV Videovision Entertainment

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