The First Grader

In a small, remote mountain top primary school in the Kenyan bush, 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. He is Maruge (Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his eighties, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance of an education so long denied even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-olds.

Director: Justin Chadwick
Producer: David Crane
Producer: David M. Thompson
Producer: Kevin S. Bright
Producer: Marta Kauffman
Producer: Richard Harding
Producer: Sam Feuer
Actor: Daniel Ndambuki
Actor: Emily Njoki
Actor: Hannah Wacera
Actor: John Kimani
Actor: Lwanda Jawar
Actor: Macharia Kamau
Actor: Vusi Kunene
Actor: Naomie Harris
Actor: Oliver Litondo
Actor: Lwander Jawar
Actor: Tony Kgoroge
Actor: Vusumuzi Michael Kunene
Actor: Abubakar Mwenda
Actor: Agnes Simaloi
Actor: Israel Makoe
Actor: Kamau Mbaya
Actor: Kathyline Ndogori
Actor: Mwenga Matilika
Actor: Shadrack Murimi Gachuhi
Actor: Tom Gitau
Actor: Watson Mbirua
Actor: Alfred Munyua
Actor: Shoki Mokgapa