In a school, a small mountain on the main peak in the remote forests of Kenya, hundreds of children jostling for a new opportunity for free education was promised by the government of Kenya. One new applicant caused surprise when he knocked on the door of the school. He is Maruge, an old Mau Mau veterans in the eighties, who are desperate to learn to read in thethe final stage of his life . He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he should have educational opportunities so long denied, even if it means sitting in class with six-year-olds.
Driven by passion defense, head teacher Jane Obinchu, supporting their struggle to gain recognition and together they faced fierce resistance from parents and officials who do not want to waste valuable school places like an old man.
Full of vitality and humor, this film explores the extraordinary relationship Maruge building with his classmates some eighty years young. Through Maruge trip ', we are brought back to the shocking untold story of British colonial rule 50 years earlier in which the struggle for freedom Maruge country, finally ending in extreme and harsh conditions of the British detention camps....
Release Date: May 2011
Studio: BBC Films
Director: Justin Chadwick
Screenwriter: Ann Peacock
Starring: Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge
Genre: Drama
Official Website: thefirstgrader-themovie.com
Studio: BBC Films
Director: Justin Chadwick
Screenwriter: Ann Peacock
Starring: Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge
Genre: Drama
Official Website: thefirstgrader-themovie.com
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