The first grader

DVD 2018

A heartwarming and inspiring 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. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Kenya Social life and customs

Older men Kenya

Right to education Kenya

Veterans Education

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Biographical films Feature films Fiction films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Uniform Title:

First grader (Motion picture)

Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical surround Dolby digital 5.1
videodisc
NTSC
video file DVD video region 1
polychrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG

Notes:

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010
Wide screen (1.78:1)
Music by Alex Heffes ; film editor, Paul Knight ; director of photography, Rob Hardy
Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Oliver Litondo, Sam Feuer
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1, region 1, NTSC
Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

Control Number:

2587551

UPC:

024543507246

Other Authors:

BBC Films, presenter
Chadwick, Justin, film director
Feuer, Sam, 1974- actor
Feuer, Sam, 1974- film producer, actor
Harding, Richard, film producer
Harris, Naomie, 1976- actor
Kgoroge, Tony, actor
Litondo, Oliver, actor
National Geographic Entertainment (Firm), presenter, publisher
Origin Pictures, production company
Peacock, Ann, screenwriter
Sixth Sense (Firm), production company
Thompson, David, 1950 July 18- film producer
UK Film Council, presenter

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