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The First Grader

Based on the true story of the world's oldest man to start primary school, Justin Chadwick's "The First Grader" centers around an 80 year old Kenyan villager who joins a class of six graders because of his desire to learn to read. Joe Barber, Robert Aubry Davis and Tim Gordon share their thoughts. "The First Grader" is now playing.

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