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Certificate 12A

Cast Oliver Litondo Naomie Harris Alfred Munyua

Directors Justin Chadwick

Screenwriters Ann Peacock

Running Time 102 minutes

The First Grader
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Plot
Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an eighty-something veteran of the Mau Mau uprising, gets the chance to go back to school and is soon a hit with his teacher (Harris) and the kids. The Kenyan authorities aren't so keen on the new student, though.

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