former freedom fighter of the Mau Mau N'gan'ga Kimani Maruge 84 years the first time I went to school. Now a new film celebrates its campaign to raise the profile of primary education in Kenya
The venue of the first film was a tent erected on soil compacted to the school. Instead of a red carpet, was a dusty green canvas, and white plastic chairs were a little shaky. Two temporary classrooms were set up displays, with rough wooden tables stacked outside under a tree.
public may never have been caught. For children Kisame village of Ngong Hills, an hour's drive south of Nairobi, the capital, was the first for a screen. "Who has seen a movie before?" Asked Justin Chadwick, director of the 200 young people. Not one hand went up. Although they were newcomers to film, children of primary school already had a role Oloserian main in front of the camera - in the film that Chadwick had returned, a year after taking up the screen.
The first grader
, a remarkable British film to be released in the UK next week, is based on the true story of an unlikely hero of Africa.
Kimani Maruge N'gan'ga Mau Mau was a veteran of the War of Independence against the British. When the Kenyan government announced free primary education for all by the year 2002 he went to his local school in Eldoret and demanded to be taught to read. He was 84.
against the fierce opposition officials and parents do not want a nice place to be given to education, an old man, Maruge was accepted into school to learn together. Six years
The director, who admitted in the class, Jane Obinchu, the film is played by British actor Naomie Harris. "It will not be the most critical public, but really matters to me," said Chadwick, as a child-friendly cut of the film began in front of foster children, village elders and a handful of parents and teachers.
Recalling the days of shooting, added: "The children were wonderful cameras that we have introduced very slowly, and because he had not seen the movies or television, they were more interested in Cameras in the classroom .. So we structured lesson plans around the scene, and when I yelled "Cut", children are asked, "Master Justin" to mark their works. Promise to come back and show the film, "said Chadwick," and is wonderful to keep this promise. I hope you are very proud of what they did. "
Maruge The importance and this film goes beyond children, who scream and point as a point of each other on the screen, and beyond electricity, running water and new classroom that the producer was able to bring this dirtyard school. It is based on a key issue to which Kenya is in trouble: education. Last week it was revealed that some 31 million books for primary schools have disappeared from the coffers of the Ministry of Education. There are still enormous problems in building schools in rural areas and persuade poor parents must educate their children before their jobs. In his willingness to learn, Maruge attention to that. A freedom fighter who was imprisoned and tortured by the British, who believed that education for all was one of the things he had fought.
Maruge story became known through stories in local and international newspapers and has been invited to address the UN in 2005, where he spoke about the importance of education in Africa. He continued his studies and he was burned out of their homes during the post-election violence in 2008 and diagnosed with stomach cancer. Maruge died in a nursing home in Nairobi in 2009.
"When people hear the story, are inspired. Maruge has led many people, including many in schools in Kenya, "said Oliver Litondo, Kenyan television journalist-turned-actor who plays Maruge. "Every day is inspiring Kenyans who had given up looking for what they want, regardless of age. Maruge revived the ambition of those who do not think they had more. "
Litei Maria Mbirua, Oloserian director, says it can be difficult to persuade parents of the value of education. When she opened the school, Mbirua had to go from hut to hut asking students, some families were reluctant to part with their children. A young girl, Agnes Simaloi, now eight, has a deformed left leg and had been hidden in the cab of the family. "His parents said they could not take them to school. So I went and collected it. I carried on my back every day, "said Mbirua.Agnes
can now walk to school in a prosthetic leg. Co-producer
The first grader
, Trevor Ingman, was after the filming was done to help their parents to visit a doctor, and ensure that all people involved in the shooting properly. The error of dollars flowing to the city of Hollywood is hard to manage business expectations low budget film. Although Mbirua is pleased that her students had the chance, he fears that this could give the wrong impression. As the film crew packed after the screening of school children and home - some of them in a march of 10 kilometers in their huts in the surrounding hills
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