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The First Grader

Rating:PG-13
Genre:Drama
Release Date:May 13, 2011
Running time:105 minutes
Cast:Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Sam Feuer, Nick Reding, Oliver Litondo
Director:Justin Chadwick
Writer:Ann Peacock
Distributor:National Geographic Entertainment

Description: In 2003, the Kenyan government introduced free primary school for all. It was a surprise to all when 84-year-old village elder, Kimani Nganga Maruge, saw this as an opportunity of a lifetime to receive the education he had always wanted, but could never afford. With the help of Jane Obinchu, the principal of Maruge's village school, Kimani battles the opposition at a governmental level in his quest for an education.

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