The first grader [videorecording] / National Geographic Entertainment, BBC Films and UK Film Council present in association with Videovision Entertainment ; a Sixth Sense/Origin Pictures production ; produced by Richard Harding, Sam Feuer, David M. Thompson ; written by Ann Peacock ; directed by Justin Chadwick.
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FilmPublisher number: FD75410 | NGHT, LLC.Language: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Publication details: [United States] : NGHT, LLC. ; [Universal City, Calif.] : distributed by Vivendi Entertainment, [2011]Description: 1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 1426297009
- 9781426297007
- Music, Alex Heffes ; production designer, Vittoria Sogno ; editor, Paul Knight ; director of photography, Rob Hardy.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An educator must stand up for the rights of an unusual student in this drama from director Justin Chadwick, which is based on a true story. In 2002, the government of Kenya announces that free education will be available to the nation's children for the first time, and as principal Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) enrolls hundreds of new first grade students in her ramshackle school, she's greeted by one prospective student who stands out -- N'gan'ga Maruge (Oliver Litondo), who is 84 years old. Maruge is illiterate and wants the chance to improve himself before it's too late; Obinchu initially turns him away, but Maruge isn't easily dissuaded, and after he keeps returning to the school Obinchu agrees to let him enroll. When word gets out that an octogenarian farmer is attending Obinchu's school as a first grader, many in the community are puzzled and outraged, and the news media picks up on the story, turning it into a nationwide controversy. But Maruge stands firm, and as others learn his remarkable story -- he was a rebel soldier who fought for Kenya's freedom during the colonial era -- his need to educate himself no longer seems like the eccentric whim of an old man. The First Grader was an official selection at the 2010 Telluride Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Based on a true story.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features include making of featurette, theatrical trailer, documentary short, bonus interviews.
Music, Alex Heffes ; production designer, Vittoria Sogno ; editor, Paul Knight ; director of photography, Rob Hardy.
Naomie Harris, Oliver Litondo, Sam Feuer, Tony Kgoroge.
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.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for some disturbing violent content and brief nudity.
DVD, widescreen format ; Dolby digital surround 5.1 ; NTSC 1.
In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.