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The First Grader
2010 • 120 minutes • Colour • Maple Pictures
Director: Justin Chadwick
Cast: Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Sam Feuer, Nick Reding, Vusi Kunene, John Sibi-Okumu, Oliver Litondo
Set in a mountain village in Kenya the film tells the remarkable true and uplifting story of a proud old Mau Mau veteran who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write - and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they win through - and also find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past. |
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2012 • Criterion Pictures • 30 MacINTOSH Blvd., Unit 7 • Vaughan, Ontario • L4K 4P1 • 1-800-565-1996 • Fax: 866-664-7545
