The First Grader
“It's never too late to dream.”
The true story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau freedom fighter who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
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Cast
6 people
Naomie Harris
Jane Obinchu
Known for
28 Days Later
Rampage
Tony Kgoroge
Charles Obinchu
Known for
Invictus
Hotel Rwanda
Nick Reding
Officer Johnson
Known for
Croupier
Oliver Litondo
Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge
Also in
Country Queen
The Search for the Nile
Alfred Munyua
Also in
Nafsi
Poacher
Kamau Mbaya
Kamau Chege
No other roles listed
Justin Chadwick Director · Ann Peacock Writer Alex Heffes Composer
Worldwide gross $715K · United States release January 16, 2011 · Produced in United Kingdom, United States, Kenya
Box office
Worldwide gross
$714,722
Production
Sixth Sense Productions
Production
BBC Film
Production
UK Film Council
Production
Videovision Entertainment
Production
Lipsync Productions
Production
ARTE
Production
Big Boy Films
Production
Origin Pictures
Production
Original Pictures
Production
United Kingdom · United States · Kenya
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Swahili
Release dates
United States · September 4, 2010
Premiere · Telluride Film Festival
United States · January 16, 2011
Limited theatrical · Palm Springs International Film Festival
United States
March 10, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Miami International Film Festival
May 1, 2011 · Limited theatrical · USA Film Festival
May 13, 2011 · Limited theatrical
May 19, 2011 · Limited theatrical · Seattle International Film Festival
Canada
September 12, 2010 · Limited theatrical · Toronto International Film Festival
Japan
July 30, 2011 · Digital
South Korea
May 17, 2012 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 26, 2010 · Limited theatrical · London Film Festival
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