First Grader, The

An inspirational, heartwarming, poignant, factually based, 2010 film in which partially deaf, tenacious, 84-year-old, former Mau Mau freedom fighter Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge (Oliver Litondo), who is haunted by the horrors he experienced while imprisoned for years under British rule when he steadfastly refused to renounce his allegiance to Kenya, desperately wants to learn how to read and convinces compassionate, kindhearted schoolteacher Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) to allow him to join her enthusiastic 6-year-old students into her already overfilled classroom despite opposition from the school administration and parents and the concern of her husband (Tony Kgoro).
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