The First Grader ENG Movie Subtitles

1 00:03:32,170 --> 00:03:34,752 My people, my people. 2 00:03:34,923 --> 00:03:37,460 Now, the new government has announced 3 00:03:37,634 --> 00:03:39,841 free education for all. 4 00:03:40,011 --> 00:03:44,380 All they want is for you to turn up with a birth certificate. 5 00:03:44,558 --> 00:03:48,972 A government that keeps its promise? Unbelievable! 6 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:00,212 My son needs to be educated. 7 00:05:00,383 --> 00:05:03,045 Kamau Chege, Kamau Chege. Chege! 8 00:05:14,272 --> 00:05:17,810 Teacher Jane, Teacher Jane! Come on, he's asking for you. 9 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:20,100 Please! 10 00:05:20,278 --> 00:05:21,859 Teacher Katherine! 11 00:05:22,030 --> 00:05:24,567 Teacher Katherine, can you come? 12 00:05:24,741 --> 00:05:27,232 OK, give me a moment, please. 13 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:30,698 This is not a birth certificate. Mama, you are not the first. 14 00:05:36,753 --> 00:05:38,584 May I help you, mzee? 15 00:05:38,755 --> 00:05:40,586 This is a primary school. 16 00:05:49,975 --> 00:05:53,058 Mzee, they meant children, not adults. 17 00:05:53,228 --> 00:05:57,688 No. I heard on the radio, with my own ears. 18 00:05:57,858 --> 00:06:00,270 They said everybody. 19 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:04,527 We have 200 students and only 50 desks. Look at this. 20 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:07,565 We can't waste them on an old man with one foot in the grave. 21 00:06:07,742 --> 00:06:09,733 Mzee, where are your exercise books? 22 00:06:09,911 --> 00:06:13,620 You need two, and one HB pencil, sharp, 23 00:06:13,790 --> 00:06:15,155 with a rubber on one end. 24 00:06:15,333 --> 00:06:17,369 Those are the regulations. 25 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:27,421 Pole, mzee. Pole. 26 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,868 Good morning, boys and girls. 27 00:07:02,047 --> 00:07:04,379 Good morning, madam! 28 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:08,292 - How are you? - Fine, thank you, madam! 29 00:07:08,470 --> 00:07:12,008 - How do you do? - How do you do, madam? 30 00:07:12,182 --> 00:07:14,218 I do very well, thank you. 31 00:07:14,392 --> 00:07:17,930 I ** so excited to have you here all in my classroom. 32 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:20,891 Welcome. Karibuni. Sit down, please. 33 00:07:21,066 --> 00:07:22,897 Thank you, madam. 34 00:07:23,068 --> 00:07:26,060 Now, I know that some of you may be a little nervous, 35 00:07:26,237 --> 00:07:27,977 but there's nothing to be afraid of. 36 00:07:28,156 --> 00:07:31,899 Learning is about having fun, so we are all here to have fun. 37 00:07:32,077 --> 00:07:33,487 - Si ndiyo? - Yes. 38 00:07:33,662 --> 00:07:35,778 Alright, let me check. Has everybody g***t their books? 39 00:07:35,956 --> 00:07:38,117 - Yes! - Very good! 40 00:07:38,291 --> 00:07:40,657 - And has everybody g***t their pencils? - Yes! 41 00:07:40,835 --> 00:07:44,453 - OK. Good... I heard a few noes. - Who said no? 42 00:07:44,631 --> 00:07:47,418 OK, well, Francis, can you give out some pencils, please? 43 00:07:47,592 --> 00:07:49,833 OK... 44 00:07:50,011 --> 00:07:52,844 Paris and Pauline, come to the front, please. 45 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,175 So, everyone, tomorrow, your books and your pencils. 46 00:07:55,350 --> 00:07:58,092 - Yes. - OK, very good, very good. 47 00:08:00,105 --> 00:08:02,061 Sorry, sorry, excuse me. 48 00:08:13,827 --> 00:08:17,365 Go home, mzee. I can see you've had a hard life. 49 00:08:17,539 --> 00:08:19,495 Go home and rest in peace. 50 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:21,202 Rest in peace? 51 00:08:21,376 --> 00:08:22,866 I'm not dead. 52 00:08:23,044 --> 00:08:24,625 Look, mzee... 53 00:08:24,796 --> 00:08:30,132 My name is Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge. 54 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:34,260 Well, Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge, 55 00:08:34,431 --> 00:08:37,343 we cannot accept anyone without a school uniform, 56 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:40,554 and that means school shoes too. 57 00:08:40,729 --> 00:08:43,436 And you do not have money for such things. 58 00:08:43,606 --> 00:08:44,766 Jane? 59 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:55,532 Mzee, why does someone as old as you want to go to school? 60 00:08:55,702 --> 00:08:57,613 I want to learn to read. 61 00:08:57,787 --> 00:09:00,574 We've g***t too many pupils already. 62 00:09:01,916 --> 00:09:04,282 I wish I could help you. 63 00:09:04,461 --> 00:09:08,170 I'm sorry. Pole. 64 00:10:46,104 --> 00:10:48,186 Alright, here we are. 65 00:10:48,356 --> 00:10:52,269 - OK, asante sana. - Asante. 66 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:53,979 Goodbye, Teacher. 67 00:10:58,366 --> 00:11:00,277 You know that old man I told you about? 68 00:11:00,451 --> 00:11:03,659 He came back again. 69 00:11:03,830 --> 00:11:06,242 I hope you did not let him in. 70 00:11:06,416 --> 00:11:08,998 The poor old boy might be senile. 71 00:11:09,169 --> 00:11:11,706 Why don't you stick to battles you can win, hm? 72 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,962 Like finding more desks. 73 00:11:16,426 --> 00:11:17,882 How was your week? 74 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:21,670 The Swedish company hasn't paid me the consulting fee. 75 00:11:21,848 --> 00:11:24,715 The government job is starting to sound very appealing. 76 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:27,259 Except it had to be full time in Nairobi, 77 00:11:27,437 --> 00:11:29,598 and then we'd never see each other at all. 78 00:11:29,772 --> 00:11:31,728 Not if you came to Nairobi. 79 00:11:31,900 --> 00:11:36,769 We'll live in a big house, make babies. 80 00:11:36,946 --> 00:11:38,811 Have a little bunch of Obinchus. 81 00:11:38,990 --> 00:11:42,824 Charles, I can't. 82 00:11:42,994 --> 00:11:44,985 The school needs me. 83 00:11:45,163 --> 00:11:46,994 What about me? 84 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:50,581 You've g***t me. 85 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:09,755 We've g***t five children to a desk here, sir. 86 00:14:09,932 --> 00:14:12,423 There are children sitting on the floor. 87 00:14:12,602 --> 00:14:15,389 They can't work like this, Mr. Kipruto. 88 00:14:19,359 --> 00:14:23,318 You need a form for every single new child, in triplicate? 89 00:14:23,488 --> 00:14:26,275 No, you can't be serious. I don't have time to do that, Mr. Kipruto. 90 00:14:26,449 --> 00:14:28,861 Could you not just take my word for it? 91 00:14:29,035 --> 00:14:32,323 Yes, I know, regulations. 92 00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:34,613 Good day to you too, Mr. Kipruto. 93 00:14:36,084 --> 00:14:37,790 What ** I to do, Alfred? 94 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:42,795 Our esteemed superintendent has made one of his executive decisions. 95 00:14:44,217 --> 00:14:45,582 You've g***t to see this. 96 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:47,716 What? 97 00:15:03,277 --> 00:15:06,485 You don't give up easily, do you, Maruge? 98 00:15:06,656 --> 00:15:08,942 You can't fall for this. 99 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:11,403 You'll be asking for trouble with the authorities. 100 00:15:11,577 --> 00:15:13,363 You know he's right, Maruge? 101 00:15:13,538 --> 00:15:15,950 What will I say to the board of education? 102 00:15:16,124 --> 00:15:17,864 Hm? 103 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:21,205 What will I say to the parents? 104 00:15:21,379 --> 00:15:23,586 I'll be a good pupil. 105 00:15:24,924 --> 00:15:26,380 I'll work very hard. 106 00:15:26,551 --> 00:15:27,916 If Kipruto finds out... 107 00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:30,335 Kipruto's not the head here, Alfred. 108 00:15:30,513 --> 00:15:32,799 I **. 109 00:15:40,106 --> 00:15:41,471 Let him in. 110 00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:45,267 I'm making an executive decision. 111 00:15:46,696 --> 00:15:48,527 Let Maruge in. 112 00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:04,084 Maruge? Welcome. 113 00:16:04,255 --> 00:16:05,836 Karibu. 114 00:16:38,247 --> 00:16:39,862 Thank you. 115 00:16:40,041 --> 00:16:42,077 Francis, take your seat. 116 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:49,205 Class, we have a new student today, 117 00:16:49,383 --> 00:16:51,795 and his name is Maruge. 118 00:16:51,969 --> 00:16:54,676 Welcome, Maruge! 119 00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:03,261 Jennifer, raise your hand, please. 120 00:17:03,439 --> 00:17:05,896 I would like you to go and sit next to Jennifer 121 00:17:06,067 --> 00:17:07,648 at the back there, please, Maruge. 122 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:11,026 If I sit far, I won't see. I can't. 123 00:17:11,197 --> 00:17:12,562 OK. 124 00:17:12,740 --> 00:17:16,073 Uh... Suzanne, can you sit there? 125 00:17:16,244 --> 00:17:19,486 Sarah, can you sit next to Niva, please? 126 00:17:19,664 --> 00:17:21,780 Maruge, you can sit there. 127 00:17:21,958 --> 00:17:24,916 Sit next to Niva, OK, Sarah? 128 00:17:25,086 --> 00:17:27,498 Back down. Yes? Good. 129 00:17:29,966 --> 00:17:31,797 Let's begin! 130 00:17:31,968 --> 00:17:34,630 Open your exercise books. 131 00:17:34,804 --> 00:17:37,136 Pencils nice and sharp. 132 00:17:37,306 --> 00:17:39,217 Nice and sharp! 133 00:17:39,392 --> 00:17:41,303 My pencil is my friend. 134 00:17:41,477 --> 00:17:43,934 I keep him to the end. 135 00:17:44,105 --> 00:17:46,687 My pencil is my friend. 136 00:17:46,857 --> 00:17:49,473 I keep him to the end. 137 00:17:49,652 --> 00:17:55,272 OK, we are going to begin with small letters today, 138 00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:59,158 beginning with the letter 'A', OK? 139 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:03,571 And this is how we write our small letter 'A'. 140 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:09,585 OK, a fatty, a thinny. 141 00:18:09,755 --> 00:18:14,715 A fatty, a thinny. 142 00:18:14,885 -->...