The First Grader
2010 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 4,953 VOTES · DIR. Justin Chadwick
Overview
The 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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,137 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:02 (WOMAN SINGS SOFTLY IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE)
00:06:33 Welcome. Karibuni. Sit down, please.
00:10:30 Except it had to be full time in Nairobi
00:15:35 (CHILDREN LAUGH)
00:18:34 Come on.
00:22:41 OK. No more jokes.
00:28:31 You were Mau Mau?
00:34:22 Renounce your oath and you can go home.
00:38:04 I couldn't believe my ears when I got a phone call from the press
00:41:04 JANE: Why are you defending him?
00:44:59 Come inside.
00:47:32 ♪ Q,R,S,T
00:50:58 ALFRED: Do you think this is right?
00:53:42 I don't want him to teach my son, huh?
00:58:53 (ALL SING)
01:01:13 (SOUNDS OUT EACH LETTER)
01:03:36 J' Welcome, everybody... J'
01:07:17 Yes! Who are the elephants on Maruge's team?
01:10:29 Great!
01:13:56 I'll go to school there.
01:17:01 A bracelet! Thank you so much.
01:21:40 This celebrity culture has gone too far now!
01:24:39 Sir, this is Mzee Maruge.
01:32:04 “suffered cruel and inhuman treatment in captivity
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,137
Dialogue density11.0 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line01:32:04
Production Record
DirectorJustin Chadwick
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes4,953