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The First Grader (2010) The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go
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The First Grader (2010)

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.

Cast:
Jane Obinchu: Naomie Harris
Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge: Oliver Litondo
Charles Obinchu: Tony Kgoroge
Teacher Alfred: Alfred Munyua
Teacher Elizabeth: Shoki Mokgapa
Mr. Kipruto: Vusi Kunene
Agnes: Agnes Simaloi
Kamau Chege: Kamau Mbaya
Young Maruge's Wife: Emily Njoki
Young Maruge: Lwanda Jawar
DJ Masha: Dan 'Churchill' Ndambuki
Maruge's Daughter: Hannah Wacera
Maruge's Baby Son: John Kimani
DJ's PA: Macharia Kamau
Boie: Abubakar Mwenda
Old Codger: Mwenga Matilika
Teacher Katherine: Kathyline Ndogori
David Chege: Israel Matseke-Zulu
Mother Wanjiku: Shirleen Wangari
Mother Benta: Benta Ochieng
Jonas: Peter Emera Pious
Joel: Joel Rempesa
Peter: Peter Marias
Village Woman: Eunice Tekero
Village Girl: Jackie Musimbi
Young Mother: Susan Sisian
Maasai Store Owner: Kurenda Ole Kureya
Officer Johnson: Nick Reding
Mau Mau Oath Giver: Nick Ndichu
Mau Mau Leader: Paul Mbogo
Mau Mau Warriors: Zingaro Percussions
Plantation Owner's Wife: Jeanette Elsworth
John Gambe: Kamau Ndungu
Stall Owner: Catherine Njiru
Education Secretary: Mumbi Kaigwa
Adult School Teacher: Charles Ouda
BBC Journalist: Rachel Jones
CNN Journalist: Lydia Gitachu
American Journalist: Sam Feuer
Mr. Mutahi: Gilbert K. Lukalia
Mr. Mutahi's Aide: Melvin Alusa
Mrs. Muthumba: Irene Kariuki
Jacquie (PA to the Chairman): Rosemary Nyambura
Education Official: Ainea Ojiambo
Chairman of Education: John Sibi-Okumu
Newsreader: Michael Oyier

Written by: Ann Peacock

Director: Justin Chadwick

Production: Sixth Sense Productions, BBC Film, UK Film Council, Videovision Entertainment, Lipsync Productions, ARTE, Big Boy Films, Origin Pictures

Release date: 24 Jun 2011

Box Office: $332,000
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