The First Grader

2010103 min7.1Swahili, English

Directed by

Justin Chadwick

Logline

It's never too late to dream.

Synopsis

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.

Cast and Crew

Cast: Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Oliver Litondo, Alfred Munyua, Kamau Mbaya

Writer: Ann Peacock (Writer)

Cinematographer: Rob Hardy

Production Designer: Vittoria Sogno

Editor: Paul Knight

Composer: Alex Heffes

Costume Designer: Sophie Oprisano

Direction team: David 'Tosh' Gitonga (First Assistant Director)

Producers: Sam Feuer, Richard Harding, Trevor Ingman

Production: Sixth Sense Productions, BBC Film, UK Film Council, Videovision Entertainment

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