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Cast & Crew

Justin Chadwick
Director
Naomie Harris
As Jane Obinchu
Tony Kgoroge
As Charles Obinchu
Nick Reding
As Officer Johnson
Oliver Litondo
As Kimani N'gan'ga Maruge
Kamau Mbaya
As Kamau Chege
Alex Heffes
Composer

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In a small Kenyan village, 84-year-old Kimani Maruge, a former Mau Mau freedom fighter, decides to exercise his newly granted right to a free education and enrolls in the local primary school. Despite ridicule and resistance from the community, Maruge is determined to learn how to read and write, and he eventually wins over the hearts of the school's staff and students. His inspiring story becomes a national sensation, and Maruge becomes a symbol of the power of education to transform lives, even in the face of adversity.

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