The First Grader
- Release Date: May 20, 2011 (limited)
- Genre: Drama
- Director: Justin Chadwick
- Producer(s): Sam Feuer, Richard Harding
- Writer(s): Ann Peacock
- Studio: Maple Pictures
- Length: 1h 38m | Classification: G
- Official Site: movies.nationalgeographic.com/movies/the-first-grader/
Synopsis
In a remote Kenyan primary school hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One new applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school: Maruge, a Mau Mau veteran in his eighties who is desperate to learn to read.