In a remote Kenyan primary school 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: Maruge, a Mau Mau veteran in his eighties who is desperate to learn to read.
Cast: | Naomie Harris, Oliver Musila Litondo |
Director: | Justin Chadwick |
Studio: | Sixth Sense Productions/Origin Pictures |
Producer(s): | Sam Feuer, Richard Harding |
Writer(s): | Ann Peacock |
Official Site: | movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/the-first-grader/ |