The First Grader

June 23, 26 & 27

Weekdays at 7:30 pm. Sunday at 2:30 & 7:30 pm.

Rated PG-13. In English

Set in a mountain village in Kenya the film tells the remarkable true and uplifting story of a proud old Mau Mau veteran who is determined to seize his last chance to learn to read and write - and so ends up joining a class alongside six year-olds. Together he and his young teacher face fierce resistance, but ultimately they win through - and also find a new way of overcoming the burdens of the colonial past.