The First Grader

The First Grader (2010)

September 12th, 20101h 43min

Drama, History, Romance
71%

Overview

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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