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The First Grader

Summary: The story of an 84 year-old Kenyan villager and ex Mau Mau veteran who fights for his right to go to school for the first time to get the education he could never afford.
Runtime: 1 h 43 min
MPAA: PG-13

Domestic: $ 332,000
International: $ 905,457
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