- HD 1080
- Runtime: 103m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America, Kenya
- Director: Justin Chadwick
- Stars: Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge, Nick Reding, Oliver Litondo, Alfred Munyua
- keywords: uniform, village, education, based on true story, teacher, kenya, school
- Production_studio: Sixth Sense Productions, BBC Film, UK Film Council, Videovision Entertainment, Lipsync Productions, ARTE, Big Boy Films, Origin Pictures
- Slogan: It's never too late to dream.
- The The First Grader is featured in the top rankings of 2010
- #24 in Top Romance Movies of 2010
- #77 in Top Drama Movies of 2010
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.