0:00:02 > 0:00:06This film contains some violent scenes, and some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.
0:00:08 > 0:00:10WOMAN SINGS SOFTLY IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:00:18 > 0:00:21SOMBRE MUSIC
0:00:27 > 0:00:30WOMAN'S SINGING BECOMES DISTORTED
0:00:42 > 0:00:43GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC
0:01:05 > 0:01:07CHILD'S LAUGHTER ECHOES
0:01:34 > 0:01:36GOAT BLEATS
0:01:54 > 0:01:56CAT MIAOWS
0:01:56 > 0:01:59GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC CONTINUES
0:02:24 > 0:02:26LIVELY GUITAR MUSIC
0:02:26 > 0:02:28CHILDREN LAUGH
0:02:41 > 0:02:44My people, my people.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46Now, the new government has announced
0:02:46 > 0:02:50free education for all.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54All they want is for you to turn up with a birth certificate.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56A government that keeps its promise?
0:02:56 > 0:02:58HE LAUGHS Unbelievable!
0:03:16 > 0:03:18CHATTERING AND LAUGHTER
0:03:31 > 0:03:34HE SHOUTS INDISTINCTLY
0:03:48 > 0:03:50GENERAL HUBBUB
0:04:04 > 0:04:06My son needs to be educated.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Kamau Chege, Kamau Chege. Chege!
0:04:11 > 0:04:13ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:04:20 > 0:04:24MAN: Teacher Jane, Teacher Jane! Come on, he's asking for you.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Please!
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Teacher Katherine!
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Teacher Katherine, can you come?
0:04:31 > 0:04:33- ALL TALK AT ONCE - OK, give me a moment, please.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36This is not a birth certificate. Mama, you are not the first.
0:04:36 > 0:04:38ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:04:42 > 0:04:44May' help you, mzee?
0:04:44 > 0:04:46This is a primary school.
0:04:55 > 0:04:58Mzee, they meant children, not adults.
0:04:58 > 0:05:03No. I heard on the radio, with my own ears.
0:05:03 > 0:05:04They said everybody.
0:05:05 > 0:05:09We have 200 students and only 50 desks. Look at this.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11We can't waste them on an old man with one foot in the grave.
0:05:11 > 0:05:14Mzee, where are your exercise books?
0:05:14 > 0:05:17You need two, and one HB pencil, sharp,
0:05:17 > 0:05:19with a rubber on one end.
0:05:19 > 0:05:21Those are the regulations.
0:05:27 > 0:05:29Pole, mzee. Pole.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43MAN SINGS SOMBRE SONG IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:06:02 > 0:06:04Good morning, boys and girls.
0:06:04 > 0:06:06ALL: Good morning, madam!
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- How are you? - ALL: Fine, thank you, madam!
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- How do you do? - ALL: How do you do, madam?
0:06:13 > 0:06:19I do very well, thank you. I am so excited to have you here all in my classroom.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22Welcome. Karibuni. Sit down, please.
0:06:22 > 0:06:24ALL: Thank you, madam.
0:06:24 > 0:06:29Now, I know that some of you may be a little nervous, but there's nothing to be afraid of.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Learning is about having fun, so we are all here to have fun.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- Si ndiyo? - ALL: Yes.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36All right, let me check. Has everybody got their books?
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- ALL: Yes! - Very good!
0:06:39 > 0:06:41- And has everybody got their pencils? - Yes!
0:06:41 > 0:06:45OK. Good... I heard a few noes. Who said no?
0:06:45 > 0:06:48OK, well, Francis, can you give out some pencils, please?
0:06:48 > 0:06:49OK...
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Paris and Pauline, come to the front, please.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55So, everyone, tomorrow, your books and your pencils.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- ALL: Yes. - OK, very good, very good.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02- Sorry, sorry, excuse me. - CHILDREN SING
0:07:13 > 0:07:16Go home, mzee. I can see you've had a hard life.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Go home and rest in peace.
0:07:18 > 0:07:20Rest in peace?
0:07:20 > 0:07:22I'm not dead.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Look, mzee...
0:07:23 > 0:07:29My name is Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32Well, Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge,
0:07:32 > 0:07:38we cannot accept anyone without a school uniform, and that means school shoes too.
0:07:38 > 0:07:42And you do not have money for such things.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Jane?
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Mzee, why does someone as old as you want to go to school?
0:07:53 > 0:07:55I want to learn to read.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58We've got too many pupils already.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01I wish I could help you.
0:08:01 > 0:08:04I'm sorry. Pole.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27SOMBRE MUSIC
0:09:02 > 0:09:05PEOPLE SHOUT
0:09:23 > 0:09:27SOMBRE MUSIC CONTINUES
0:09:39 > 0:09:42MAN: All right, here we are.
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- OK, asante sana. WOMAN:- Asante.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47MAN: Goodbye, Teacher.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53You know that old man I told you about?
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- He came back again. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:09:56 > 0:09:58I hope you did not let him in.
0:09:58 > 0:10:01The poor old boy might be senile.
0:10:01 > 0:10:04Why don't you stick to battles you can win, hm?
0:10:04 > 0:10:07Like finding more desks.
0:10:08 > 0:10:10How was your week?
0:10:10 > 0:10:13The Swedish company hasn't paid me the consulting fee.
0:10:13 > 0:10:16The government job is starting to sound very appealing.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19Except it had to be full time in Nairobi,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21and then we'd never see each other at all.
0:10:21 > 0:10:23Not if you came to Nairobi.
0:10:23 > 0:10:28We'll live in a big house, make babies.
0:10:28 > 0:10:30Have a little bunch of Obinchus.
0:10:30 > 0:10:33Charles, I can't.
0:10:34 > 0:10:36The school needs me.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What about me?
0:10:39 > 0:10:41You've got me.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47LIVELY GUITAR MUSIC
0:10:59 > 0:11:00CHATTERING AND LAUGHTER
0:11:59 > 0:12:03HE HUMS SOFTLY
0:12:11 > 0:12:15CHILDREN CLAP AND SING
0:12:51 > 0:12:55We've got five children to a desk here, sir.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57There are children sitting on the floor.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00They can't work like this, Mr Kipruto.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08You need a form for every single new child, in triplicate?
0:13:08 > 0:13:10No, you can't be serious. I don't have time to do that, Mr Kipruto.
0:13:10 > 0:13:13Could you not just take my word for it?
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Yes, I know, regulations.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Good day to you too, Mr Kipruto.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22What am I to do, Alfred?
0:13:22 > 0:13:27Our esteemed superintendent has made one of his executive decisions.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29You've got to see this.
0:13:29 > 0:13:31- What? - HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:13:39 > 0:13:41CHILDREN SING
0:13:46 > 0:13:49You don't give up easily, do you, Maruge?
0:13:50 > 0:13:51You can't fall for this.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54You'll be asking for trouble with the authorities.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56You know he's right, Maruge?
0:13:56 > 0:13:58What will I say to the board of education?
0:13:58 > 0:13:59Hm?
0:14:01 > 0:14:03What will I say to the parents?
0:14:03 > 0:14:05I'll be a good pupil.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08I'll work very hard.
0:14:08 > 0:14:11- If Kipruto finds out... - Kipruto's not the head here, Alfred.
0:14:13 > 0:14:14I am.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23Let him in.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26I'm making an executive decision.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31Let Maruge in.
0:14:32 > 0:14:33GENTLE GUITAR MUSIC
0:14:41 > 0:14:44Maruge? Welcome.
0:14:44 > 0:14:46Karibu.
0:15:09 > 0:15:11CHILDREN RECITE ENGLISH ALPHABET
0:15:12 > 0:15:14DOOR OPENS
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Thank you.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21Francis, take your seat.
0:15:21 > 0:15:23CHILDREN LAUGH
0:15:24 > 0:15:28Class, we have a new student today,
0:15:28 > 0:15:30and his name is Maruge.
0:15:30 > 0:15:33ALL: Welcome, Maruge!
0:15:37 > 0:15:40CHILDREN REPLY IN SWAHILI
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Jennifer, raise your hand, please.
0:15:42 > 0:15:45I would like you to go and sit next to Jennifer at the back there, please, Maruge.
0:15:45 > 0:15:49If I sit far, I won't see. I can't.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50OK.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Uh...Suzanne, can you sit there?
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Sarah, can you sit next to Niva, please?
0:15:57 > 0:15:58Maruge, you can sit there.
0:15:59 > 0:16:02Sit next to Niva, OK, Sarah?
0:16:02 > 0:16:05- Back down. Yes?- Good.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07SHE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:16:07 > 0:16:08Let's begin!
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Open your exercise books.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Pencils nice and sharp.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16ALL: Nice and sharp!
0:16:16 > 0:16:18My pencil is my friend.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20I keep him to the end.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23ALL: My pencil is my friend.
0:16:23 > 0:16:25I keep him to the end.
0:16:25 > 0:16:31OK, we are going to begin with small letters today,
0:16:31 > 0:16:36beginning with the letter A, OK?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39And this is how we write our small letter A.
0:16:39 > 0:16:45OK, a fatty, a thinny.
0:16:45 > 0:16:50A fatty, a thinny.
0:16:50 > 0:16:52Please continue writing your lower-case As.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57Brendan, Brendan. Sorry, darling.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00Maruge, this is how you hold a pencil.
0:17:00 > 0:17:04OK, you hold it between your thumb and your first finger.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08Very good. And you press lightly - not too hard, OK?
0:17:08 > 0:17:10Very good.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14Good, we are continuing, repeating after me.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17A fatty,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19a thinny.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22A fatty,
0:17:22 > 0:17:25a thinny.
0:17:25 > 0:17:27A fatty,
0:17:27 > 0:17:30a thinny.
0:17:30 > 0:17:34A fatty, a thinny...
0:18:10 > 0:18:13- MAN:- Kamau, come here.
0:18:13 > 0:18:15What's with the old man in uniform?
0:18:15 > 0:18:18Yeah, he's in our school.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20Get inside and start working.
0:18:20 > 0:18:21Come on.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32MEN LAUGH
0:18:47 > 0:18:50A fatty.
0:18:50 > 0:18:53A thinny.
0:18:53 > 0:18:56A fatty.
0:18:56 > 0:18:57A thinny.
0:18:59 > 0:19:03A fatty.
0:19:04 > 0:19:07A thinny.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10WOMAN SINGS SOFTLY IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:19:19 > 0:19:21- MAN SHOUTS - Maruge!
0:19:21 > 0:19:22LOUD CLATTERING
0:19:22 > 0:19:24Maruge!
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Stay out of the school, huh?
0:19:28 > 0:19:31School is no place for an old man!
0:19:31 > 0:19:32You don't belong there!
0:19:32 > 0:19:36SLOW, DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:20:13 > 0:20:15SCREAMING
0:20:15 > 0:20:18SOLDIER: Get up. Get up.
0:20:18 > 0:20:20- BRITISH MAN:- Get into line!
0:20:20 > 0:20:22SHOUTING AND SCREAMING
0:20:22 > 0:20:24- BRITISH MAN:- Move! Get out of the way!
0:20:24 > 0:20:26Move out!
0:20:33 > 0:20:36HAUNTING MUSIC
0:20:39 > 0:20:41VOICE ECHOES Where are they, the Mau Mau?
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- Well done, Peter. - Makofi for Peter!
0:21:19 > 0:21:22ALL: Well done, well done, Peter.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26Try again another day. A wonderful boy!
0:21:26 > 0:21:29OK, who's going to write for me the number four?
0:21:29 > 0:21:31The number four? Who is going to write for me?
0:21:31 > 0:21:34Suzanne. Suzanne, come. Come and write for me the number four.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Well done, Suzanne. Makofi for Suzanne, please.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45ALL: Well done, well done, Suzanne!
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Try again another day. A wonderful girl!
0:21:49 > 0:21:53A wonderful girl! Very good. OK, next after four is five.
0:21:53 > 0:21:55Who is going to write the number five for me?
0:21:55 > 0:21:59Kamau, come and write the number five for us. Come.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Come and write the number five so that we all know how to write the number five.
0:22:13 > 0:22:14CHILDREN LAUGH
0:22:15 > 0:22:17Stop it!
0:22:20 > 0:22:22Is that how we write the number five?
0:22:22 > 0:22:25- ALL: No. - No, it is not, Kamau.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27I was just kidding.
0:22:27 > 0:22:28OK. No more jokes.
0:22:42 > 0:22:46Excellent! Very good, Kamau. Makofi for Kamau, please.
0:22:46 > 0:22:50ALL: Well done, well done, Kamau.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53Try again another day. A wonderful boy.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57OK, Maruge, can you come and write for us the number six?
0:22:59 > 0:23:02Maruge! Can you come and write the number six for us?
0:23:04 > 0:23:06- SHE SPEAKS SWAHILI - Maruge!
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- Hey, stop. - HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:23:10 > 0:23:11CHILDREN CHATTER AND GIGGLE
0:23:11 > 0:23:15Maruge, will you write the number six for us?
0:23:23 > 0:23:25OK, can someone else write me the number six?
0:23:25 > 0:23:28Who is going to write me the number six?
0:23:28 > 0:23:30THEY ALL SING
0:24:28 > 0:24:31HAUNTING MUSIC
0:24:36 > 0:24:38HAUNTING MUSIC SWELLS
0:24:42 > 0:24:43BELL RINGS
0:25:03 > 0:25:05Good morning, class.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08ALL: Good morning, Teacher Alfred.
0:25:08 > 0:25:12Teacher Alfred is going to inspect for neatness, yes?
0:25:12 > 0:25:13OK, sit down, sit down.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16ALL: Thank you, Teacher.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20Patrick, hm-hm. Good, good, good.
0:25:20 > 0:25:23Pauline. Good.
0:25:23 > 0:25:26Good.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31Where is the date?
0:25:31 > 0:25:32Good, good, good.
0:25:40 > 0:25:43Maruge, your pencil's very blunt.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47What kind of example are you setting? Go sharpen it now and don't let it happen again.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Malisa, Malisa, Malisa.
0:26:19 > 0:26:21HAUNTING MUSIC
0:26:34 > 0:26:36WHIRRING
0:26:54 > 0:26:58- BRITISH MAN:- Should I help you to hear a little bit better?
0:27:07 > 0:27:10HE BREATHES RAGGEDLY
0:27:21 > 0:27:23HE SCREAMS
0:27:30 > 0:27:31- KAMAU:- Like this, Maruge.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35KAMAU CRIES OUT
0:27:36 > 0:27:39Maruge? Let's get you some air.
0:27:39 > 0:27:41- What's wrong with him? - Stay with my class.- It wasn't me!
0:27:49 > 0:27:50What's wrong, Maruge?
0:27:50 > 0:27:53SOFT, HAUNTING MUSIC
0:27:59 > 0:28:03I think this is all too much for you at your age, Maruge.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Maybe you shouldn't be here.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08It won't happen again.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12What is that?
0:28:14 > 0:28:16I was in the camps.
0:28:17 > 0:28:18You were Mau Mau?
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Yes.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27Tell me what happened in the classroom, Maruge.
0:28:27 > 0:28:29Then I can help you.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35I must go back to class to finish my work.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49MAN SPEAKS IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:28:50 > 0:28:53MEN SING IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:29:19 > 0:29:22METAL SCRAPES
0:29:30 > 0:29:33DRAMATIC MUSIC
0:29:52 > 0:29:55THUMPING AND GROANING
0:30:04 > 0:30:06MEN SPEAK IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:30:07 > 0:30:09GUNSHOTS
0:30:42 > 0:30:44I was a prisoner.
0:30:49 > 0:30:55The British stole our land, so we said they must give it back.
0:30:55 > 0:30:58They told us to be quiet.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01So we spoke very loud.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05To some,
0:31:05 > 0:31:08in 1963.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12That was uhuru.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16What does "uhuru" mean?
0:31:23 > 0:31:25It's "freedom".
0:31:27 > 0:31:28Freedom!
0:31:28 > 0:31:30ALL: Freedom!
0:31:30 > 0:31:32Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:32 > 0:31:33Uhuru! ALL: Uhuru!
0:31:33 > 0:31:35Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:35 > 0:31:37Uhuru! ALL: Uhuru!
0:31:37 > 0:31:38Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:38 > 0:31:40Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:40 > 0:31:42Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:42 > 0:31:43Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:43 > 0:31:45Uhuru! ALL: Uhuru!
0:31:45 > 0:31:45Uhuru! ALL: Uhuru!
0:31:45 > 0:31:47Freedom! ALL: Freedom!
0:31:47 > 0:31:48Uhuru! ALL: Uhuru!
0:31:48 > 0:31:51ALL SING IN SWAHILI
0:31:57 > 0:31:59- ALFRED:- What is this?
0:32:00 > 0:32:03He's going to be a problem, for all of us.
0:32:03 > 0:32:06SINGING CONTINUES
0:32:11 > 0:32:13MAN SHOUTS, CHILDREN LAUGH
0:32:13 > 0:32:16Come on! Come outside and start working.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52MEN SHOUT INDISTINCTLY
0:32:52 > 0:32:54LOW, TENSE MUSIC
0:33:15 > 0:33:17(MAN SHOUTS COMMAND)
0:33:44 > 0:33:46MAN WHISPERS INAUDIBLY
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Listen, my friend.
0:34:03 > 0:34:05It doesn't have to be like this.
0:34:05 > 0:34:07SHOUTS OF PAIN OUTSIDE
0:34:07 > 0:34:11Renounce your oath and you can go home.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19Renounce the oath!
0:34:21 > 0:34:23Again.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25HE GROANS
0:34:25 > 0:34:27WHIPPING CONTINUES
0:34:33 > 0:34:36HE MOANS AND GASPS
0:34:44 > 0:34:46CHILDREN CHATTER AND LAUGH
0:35:01 > 0:35:03MARUGE CHATTERS IN SWAHILI
0:35:17 > 0:35:20TENSE MUSIC
0:35:55 > 0:35:57People, my people.
0:35:57 > 0:35:58I'm hearing rumblings
0:35:58 > 0:36:02that an old man has actually gone back to school.
0:36:02 > 0:36:05An old man going back to school!
0:36:05 > 0:36:06Unbelievable.
0:36:06 > 0:36:08Excellent work.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Come, Kamau.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14Let's see what you have done.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16Your one's very good.
0:36:16 > 0:36:17Very good, very good.
0:36:17 > 0:36:19Your fives again, Kamau.
0:36:19 > 0:36:22Did we not go over this? Yes.
0:36:22 > 0:36:25So why have you written them the wrong way again?
0:36:25 > 0:36:26Hm?
0:36:26 > 0:36:28You have to write them again, Kamau.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31- Sawa? - Yes, Miss.
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Maruge?
0:36:35 > 0:36:37Excellent.
0:36:37 > 0:36:39You are good with your numbers, Maruge.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Excellent work.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44Very good. I'm very happy with you.
0:36:44 > 0:36:48Come, Francis. Let's take a look at what you have done.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51Oh, I like that. Your work is always very neat.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54You're a very clever boy.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55OK. Excellent.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58Because you have done so well, you're going to get a star.
0:37:01 > 0:37:04CHILDREN CHATTER AND LAUGH
0:37:18 > 0:37:20BOY: Ow! You're hurting me!
0:37:20 > 0:37:22MARUGE SPEAKS IN SWAHILI, BOY SHOUTS
0:37:24 > 0:37:27Maruge!
0:37:27 > 0:37:30You do not hit him!
0:37:30 > 0:37:32ALL SHOUT
0:37:32 > 0:37:34DJ: 'Honestly, ladies tell me Kikuyus have mad blood,
0:37:34 > 0:37:36'but their back story's another one.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39'Kikuyus work like stallions. They're very...'
0:37:39 > 0:37:43Maruge, stop it! Maruge!
0:37:44 > 0:37:45- Stop it!- Hey!
0:37:45 > 0:37:48Hey, hey, hey! What's going on here?
0:37:50 > 0:37:53I couldn't believe my ears when I got a phone call from the press
0:37:53 > 0:37:55telling me about an old man in one of my primary schools!
0:37:55 > 0:37:57Who is he? Why is he in school uniform?
0:37:59 > 0:38:01His name is Maruge.
0:38:02 > 0:38:04Mzee...
0:38:11 > 0:38:13He wanted to come to school, so I let him.
0:38:13 > 0:38:15This is a primary school.
0:38:15 > 0:38:17Sir, the government said everybody has the right to go to school.
0:38:17 > 0:38:22Just because our politicians are stupid doesn't mean we have to be as well!
0:38:22 > 0:38:27He can't stay here. Adults must go to the adult school.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Now, see to it that he leaves here now.
0:38:31 > 0:38:35Sir, he fought the British.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- He was imprisoned in the camps. - Oh, Mau Mau, huh?
0:38:38 > 0:38:40Typical Kikuyu. I should have known.
0:38:40 > 0:38:43Excuse me?
0:38:43 > 0:38:44I thought tribalism was over.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46This has nothing to do with tribalism.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48It's about doing what's right for the school.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52An old man like him does not belong in a classroom full of children.
0:38:52 > 0:38:55Now, we'll continue this conversation in the office.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10- Maruge...- He's a bloody Kalenjin.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11You too, Maruge?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15You know, after independence, we all became Kenyans.
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- The Kalenjins were loyalists! - So were my family loyal to the British!
0:39:18 > 0:39:20So was everybody if they wanted to stay alive!
0:39:20 > 0:39:25And don't look at me like that. The British never gave people a choice.
0:39:25 > 0:39:29You were either for them or you were against them, and if you were against them, they killed you.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32I had children.
0:39:32 > 0:39:34Two children!
0:39:35 > 0:39:37I had a family!
0:39:39 > 0:39:40The British killed them.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44We chose.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47The Kikuyus chose.
0:39:47 > 0:39:50And we paid.
0:39:50 > 0:39:51We paid!
0:39:51 > 0:39:54SORROWFUL MUSIC
0:40:08 > 0:40:11Come to class. Come to class, come to class, come to class.
0:40:11 > 0:40:13Go to class, go to class.
0:40:37 > 0:40:40He says I've got to get rid of Maruge.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43He's sending him off to the adult school. Where is his compassion?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45- CHARLES:- Jane, Jane, just stop.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47That's not what he's saying.
0:40:47 > 0:40:49He's just saying Maruge cannot go to children's school.
0:40:49 > 0:40:54Why are you defending him? The British killed his family. We have a duty to help him.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57The Mau Mau killed people too, OK?
0:40:57 > 0:41:00But that's got nothing to do with an old man going to a children's school.
0:41:00 > 0:41:01'Fine.'
0:41:01 > 0:41:04No-one's going to fight for Maruge, so I will.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07OK, please do not go over Kipruto's head.
0:41:07 > 0:41:11I work with these people and I know how they are. They won't take kindly to this.
0:41:11 > 0:41:13You know I'm always on your side.
0:41:13 > 0:41:14Love you. Bye.
0:41:16 > 0:41:18HE SPEAKS AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- WOMAN:- I appreciate your concern, but my hands are tied.
0:41:24 > 0:41:28Maruge is such a hard worker.
0:41:28 > 0:41:31He's a great role model for the children.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34If we let Maruge in, how can we refuse others?
0:41:34 > 0:41:36Our schools could be flooded with old people.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38This would be taking away
0:41:38 > 0:41:40from the precious resources we need for our children.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45Thank you for your time, Madam Secretary.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48You're welcome.
0:41:48 > 0:41:53Mrs Obinchu. One of the consultants working with the Danish Government, Charles Obinchu.
0:41:53 > 0:41:55Charles is my husband.
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- Give him my best. - I will.
0:41:57 > 0:42:03Mrs Obinchu, the children are Kenya's future.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20SOLEMN MUSIC
0:42:26 > 0:42:28Sorry, Maruge.
0:42:53 > 0:42:56SOLEMN MUSIC CONTINUES
0:43:00 > 0:43:02MAN CALLS OUT
0:43:02 > 0:43:03I have no money, no money.
0:43:03 > 0:43:05There's nothing for free.
0:43:05 > 0:43:07You cannot go, you're too old.
0:43:33 > 0:43:36HIP-HOP MUSIC PLAYS
0:44:06 > 0:44:08So today we're focusing on singular and plural.
0:44:08 > 0:44:10Let's start with "bed", all right?
0:44:10 > 0:44:13So, "bed", the plural for 'bed' is "beds".
0:44:13 > 0:44:15That's B-E-D-S.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17All right, so you just add an S. STUDENTS TALK
0:44:17 > 0:44:20All right, now, the plural for "lamp"...
0:44:20 > 0:44:22- LOUD CHATTER TEACHER:- Please.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25- The plural for "lamp"... - STUDENT CALLS OUT
0:44:25 > 0:44:27All right, how about "death"?
0:44:27 > 0:44:29- The plural for "death"... - LAUGHTER
0:44:34 > 0:44:36VEHICLE APPROACHES
0:44:40 > 0:44:42- MAN: Kwa heri! - Asante!
0:44:42 > 0:44:44See you later, Teacher.
0:44:44 > 0:44:45Maruge, what are you doing here?
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Come inside.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51I took the oath to get our land back from the British.
0:44:51 > 0:44:55Maruge, you don't have to tell me this.
0:44:55 > 0:44:58What is Kikuyu without land?
0:44:58 > 0:45:01The Masai, it's cattle.
0:45:01 > 0:45:03But for us, it's land.
0:45:03 > 0:45:06That's why we were fighting.
0:45:08 > 0:45:12But we are nothing if we cannot read.
0:45:12 > 0:45:14We are useless.
0:45:20 > 0:45:22When I was a boy,
0:45:22 > 0:45:24there was no money for education.
0:45:26 > 0:45:28I worked on a white man's farm.
0:45:30 > 0:45:33Then came the fight for freedom.
0:45:34 > 0:45:35Maruge...
0:45:35 > 0:45:37I have a letter.
0:45:37 > 0:45:39What do you mean?
0:45:39 > 0:45:42That's why I came to the school.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45I must read it for myself.
0:45:47 > 0:45:49I have to understand.
0:45:51 > 0:45:52Please.
0:45:54 > 0:45:56Teach me to read, Mrs Obinchu.
0:46:01 > 0:46:05Well, I know we've had this conversation many times before about Maruge,
0:46:05 > 0:46:09but I was wondering if you might be willing to reconsider.
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Mr Kipruto, they just mess around at the adult school.
0:46:11 > 0:46:13He didn't learn a thing.
0:46:15 > 0:46:17Yes.
0:46:17 > 0:46:18Yes, of course I'm grateful.
0:46:20 > 0:46:21Kwa heri.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26Maruge, I'm very sorry. I've done everything...
0:46:26 > 0:46:28That bloody Kipruto can go to hell!
0:46:28 > 0:46:32- The adult school is better than nothing...- I'm not going!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36He's Kalenjin. His people were in bed with the British.
0:46:36 > 0:46:38Bloody loyalist!
0:46:38 > 0:46:41I'm not going. Not me!
0:46:41 > 0:46:43Let him go to the other school himself!
0:46:43 > 0:46:45HE SHOUTS IN SWAHILI
0:46:56 > 0:46:58CHILDREN: # A, B, C, D
0:46:58 > 0:47:00# E, F, G, H
0:47:00 > 0:47:01# I, J, K, L
0:47:01 > 0:47:03# M, N, O, P
0:47:03 > 0:47:05# Q, R, S, T
0:47:05 > 0:47:07MAN SINGS ALSO # U, V, W
0:47:07 > 0:47:11# X, Y, zeddy, zeddy X, Y, zeddy, zeddy
0:47:11 > 0:47:13# A, B, C, D
0:47:13 > 0:47:14# E ,F, G, H
0:47:14 > 0:47:16# I, J, K, L
0:47:16 > 0:47:18# M, N, O, P
0:47:18 > 0:47:20# Q, R, S, T
0:47:20 > 0:47:22# U, V, W
0:47:22 > 0:47:23# X, Y, Z, zeddy, zeddy
0:47:23 > 0:47:25# X, Y, Z. #
0:47:25 > 0:47:27ALL LAUGH
0:47:27 > 0:47:31Now, class, please sit down.
0:47:34 > 0:47:36I came to say goodbye.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41I told them a goat cannot read.
0:47:44 > 0:47:46A goat cannot write his name.
0:47:48 > 0:47:52They must study hard, or they'll be like me -
0:47:52 > 0:47:56an old man no better than that goat.
0:48:03 > 0:48:08You know, goats are very clever animals.
0:48:08 > 0:48:10They never give up.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14We can learn a very good lesson from them.
0:48:19 > 0:48:23Class, I have an important announcement.
0:48:23 > 0:48:28From now on, Maruge is going to be my teaching assistant.
0:48:28 > 0:48:30ALL: Well done, well done, Maruge.
0:48:30 > 0:48:32I'm impressed.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34How did you get them all to behave so well?
0:48:34 > 0:48:39I told them if they didn't behave, I'll clobber them with my stick.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Maruge!
0:48:45 > 0:48:47UPBEAT MUSIC
0:49:20 > 0:49:23REPORTERS CLAMOUR
0:49:29 > 0:49:32- WOMAN:- Wait a minute, there's Mr Maruge! There's Mr Maruge.
0:49:32 > 0:49:34Mr Maruge, Mr Maruge.
0:49:34 > 0:49:37ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:49:40 > 0:49:41All right, all right!
0:49:41 > 0:49:45Please, please, if we're going to do this, let us at least do it in an orderly way.
0:49:45 > 0:49:49If you want to speak to Maruge, one question at a time.
0:49:49 > 0:49:50His hearing is poor. Please.
0:49:50 > 0:49:52Mr Maruge, CNN Washington.
0:49:52 > 0:49:54Mr Maruge, why didn't you go to school when you were younger?
0:49:54 > 0:49:57There was no free education for black people when Maruge was a boy.
0:49:57 > 0:50:00- WOMAN:- What is the motivation now?
0:50:01 > 0:50:03HE SPEAKS IN SWAHILI
0:50:11 > 0:50:13What did he say?
0:50:13 > 0:50:16He says, "The power is in the pen."
0:50:18 > 0:50:21To read and understand, it's very important.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24This is one way of finishing poverty among us.
0:50:25 > 0:50:30And the Bible - I don't trust those preachers in the churches.
0:50:30 > 0:50:31- WOMAN:- Mr Maruge, BBC London.
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Is the Kenyan Government doing enough for education in this country?
0:50:34 > 0:50:38Yes, yes - free education! For all.
0:50:38 > 0:50:40- WOMAN:- Mr Maruge, NTV Nairobi...
0:50:40 > 0:50:42SHE WHISTLES
0:50:42 > 0:50:43SHE MOUTHS
0:50:43 > 0:50:45- ALFRED:- Do you think this is right?
0:50:45 > 0:50:48She's just drawing attention to herself and the school.
0:50:48 > 0:50:50It's not right for anybody.
0:50:50 > 0:50:51- SHE SIGHS - Alfred.
0:50:51 > 0:50:53SHE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:50:53 > 0:50:55Hey?
0:50:55 > 0:50:57You are the most negative person I know.
0:50:57 > 0:51:00This is a good thing for the school. Just relax.
0:51:00 > 0:51:02ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:51:05 > 0:51:08DJ: People, the world has gone absolutely mad.
0:51:08 > 0:51:12I mean, look - New York Times, LA Times, Kenya Times,
0:51:12 > 0:51:15all the Times, BBC, Daily Telegraph.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19The world is finally talking, Maruge, Maruge!
0:51:19 > 0:51:23And I think of the teacher who took Maruge to school at 84 years.
0:51:23 > 0:51:25HIGH-PITCHED VOICE: It's absolutely crazy!
0:51:25 > 0:51:30Now, this mzee was once a Mau Mau veteran, war fighter,
0:51:30 > 0:51:31who wanted Kenya to say...
0:51:31 > 0:51:33SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY
0:51:34 > 0:51:36Can...
0:51:36 > 0:51:39- MAN ON TV:- 'Now, despite his age, he too is demanding free education
0:51:39 > 0:51:43'and head teacher Jane Obinchu has welcomed him through the doors.
0:51:43 > 0:51:47'Many parents are outraged, and feel that such a valuable place should not be wasted
0:51:47 > 0:51:48'on such an old man.
0:51:48 > 0:51:51'And as feelings run increasingly high,
0:51:51 > 0:51:54'this controversy is no doubt set to grow.'
0:52:03 > 0:52:04Habari yako?
0:52:08 > 0:52:12You don't care about our children. You only care about yourself.
0:52:12 > 0:52:15You want your face in the newspapers so that you can fill your pockets with money.
0:52:15 > 0:52:17How dare you say that to me!
0:52:17 > 0:52:21Every single child is important to me, including your son.
0:52:21 > 0:52:23- Habari yako, Polo? - Mzuri.
0:52:41 > 0:52:42Mau Mau - have you seen? The title?
0:52:42 > 0:52:45Have you seen that? Have you seen the title?
0:52:45 > 0:52:47HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:52:47 > 0:52:4984 years. 84! 84 years.
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Gone back to school.
0:52:51 > 0:52:52- How old are you?- 55.
0:52:52 > 0:52:5455. You are a toddler.
0:52:54 > 0:52:56ALL SHOUT ANGRILY
0:53:07 > 0:53:10- WOMAN:- I don't want my son being mixed with old men!
0:53:10 > 0:53:12OK, everybody, please.
0:53:12 > 0:53:15I know that you are all upset.
0:53:15 > 0:53:18Please, would you listen to me?
0:53:18 > 0:53:21I think that we have a lot to learn from Maruge.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24- ALL SHOUT - He's helping us.
0:53:24 > 0:53:28OK? The children have a lot that they can learn from the old.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30I don't want him to teach my son, huh?
0:53:30 > 0:53:32Who is he? Who is he?
0:53:32 > 0:53:34Where is the teachers?
0:53:34 > 0:53:36SHOUTING CONTINUES
0:53:40 > 0:53:41HORN HONKS
0:53:50 > 0:53:51HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
0:53:51 > 0:53:53Now look at this. Surely.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56ALL TALK AT ONCE
0:54:04 > 0:54:06What do you think you're doing? You're running a circus!
0:54:06 > 0:54:08I told you to get rid of that old man.
0:54:08 > 0:54:10You know what, Mr Kipruto? Why don't you just come clean?
0:54:10 > 0:54:13Is it because Maruge is old or is it because he's Kikuyu
0:54:13 > 0:54:15that you don't want him here?
0:54:15 > 0:54:18This is not about tribes, Mrs Obinchu!
0:54:18 > 0:54:21Who do you think you are, dictating the agenda?
0:54:21 > 0:54:23You're an employee. You do as I tell you.
0:54:23 > 0:54:26Now, I'm warning you one last time. He goes to the adult school!
0:54:26 > 0:54:31He's got no money, Mr Kipruto. He can't go to school anywhere else.
0:54:31 > 0:54:33He will have money soon.
0:54:33 > 0:54:36This Kikuyu government is going to give the Mau Mau compensation money.
0:54:36 > 0:54:38Compensation for what? For killing their own people?
0:54:38 > 0:54:40Mr Kipruto...
0:54:41 > 0:54:45..can't we just put the past behind us?
0:54:45 > 0:54:49The past is always present, Mrs Obinchu.
0:54:49 > 0:54:50Never forget that.
0:54:55 > 0:54:58PEOPLE CHATTER IN SWAHILI
0:55:15 > 0:55:17SORROWFUL MUSIC
0:56:10 > 0:56:11Maruge...
0:56:21 > 0:56:24SHE SINGS SOFTLY IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:56:39 > 0:56:40BABY CRIES
0:56:44 > 0:56:48- BRITISH MAN:- Ask her. Ask her, is this her husband?
0:56:48 > 0:56:51MAN SPEAKS AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:56:51 > 0:56:52- BRITISH MAN:- Ask her, Kikuyu?
0:56:52 > 0:56:54MAN TRANSLATES
0:57:05 > 0:57:07- BRITISH MAN:- Take the child off her.
0:57:07 > 0:57:09BABY CRIES
0:57:09 > 0:57:11Take this baby off her.
0:57:11 > 0:57:13MARUGE'S WIFE SHRIEKS
0:57:23 > 0:57:26MAN SPEAKS ANGRILY IN AFRICAN LANGUAGE
0:57:29 > 0:57:31BABY CONTINUES CRYING
0:57:36 > 0:57:37GUNSHOT
0:57:43 > 0:57:45GUNSHOT, MARUGE WAILS
0:57:48 > 0:57:50HAUNTING MUSIC
0:58:11 > 0:58:13HE WEEPS SOFTLY
0:58:27 > 0:58:28Hey, Kamau.
0:58:39 > 0:58:41THEY ALL SING
0:58:50 > 0:58:52- ALFRED:- Look. Look at his grades.
0:58:52 > 0:58:53He can't keep up with the others.
0:58:53 > 0:58:55- MAN:- Meaning that my son is stupid?
0:58:55 > 0:58:57I'm not saying your son is stupid, Mr Chege.
0:58:57 > 0:58:58All I'm saying is that in our school
0:58:58 > 0:59:01there's a certain level of attainment that he needs to achieve
0:59:01 > 0:59:03in order to move on to the next class.
0:59:03 > 0:59:05Otherwise, he repeats the same class or goes to special school.
0:59:11 > 0:59:13My son has a right for free education! Do I make myself clear?
0:59:13 > 0:59:15I understand perfectly, Mr Chege.
0:59:15 > 0:59:17We're helping him in every way we can.
0:59:17 > 0:59:18You are not helping him! Huh?!
0:59:18 > 0:59:21You're busy wasting your time with that stupid old man.
0:59:21 > 0:59:23Look, I'm running a shop, huh?
0:59:23 > 0:59:25And my son must be extremely good in mathematics and science.
0:59:32 > 0:59:34This is not fair and this is not right!
0:59:34 > 0:59:36Mr Chege, I...
0:59:36 > 0:59:38We'll deal with this when you get home.
0:59:40 > 0:59:41SINGING CONTINUES
0:59:44 > 0:59:46TEACHER CALLS OUT IN SWAHILI
0:59:50 > 0:59:52Well, I guess we know he can dance. How's he getting on in the classroom?
0:59:52 > 0:59:55His maths is good, but he really came here to read,
0:59:55 > 0:59:57and it needs a lot more work.
0:59:57 > 1:00:00It's about finding time for everyone.
1:00:00 > 1:00:03Come, come, come. Back to class!
1:00:03 > 1:00:04Let's go to class.
1:00:05 > 1:00:08OK, Maruge, sound this for me.
1:00:08 > 1:00:11MARUGE SOUNDS OUT EACH LETTER
1:00:11 > 1:00:13- And put it together...- Sat.
1:00:13 > 1:00:16Wonderful! Very good.
1:00:16 > 1:00:21- Bat.- Well done, Maruge. That is very good, very good.
1:00:21 > 1:00:23OK, let's move on to the next one.
1:00:23 > 1:00:26MARUGE SOUNDS OUT EACH LETTER
1:00:26 > 1:00:29- Together?- Cat.
1:00:29 > 1:00:31Excellent, Maruge. Very good.
1:00:32 > 1:00:33Kamau?
1:00:33 > 1:00:37We are working here. Please go away.
1:00:37 > 1:00:40School is over. Please go home.
1:00:41 > 1:00:44Come, come.
1:00:44 > 1:00:47MARUGE SOUNDS OUT EACH LETTER Mat.
1:00:47 > 1:00:51Oh, Maruge, you have done so well. Very good!
1:00:51 > 1:00:55OK, let's go over our sounds and then we'll finish there for today, OK?
1:00:55 > 1:00:59BOTH: Ah, buh, kuh, duh...
1:00:59 > 1:01:02MARUGE SOUNDS OUT EACH LETTER
1:01:11 > 1:01:12HE CHUCKLES
1:01:23 > 1:01:24PHONE RINGS
1:01:26 > 1:01:28- Hello? - MAN:- 'Jane Obinchu?'
1:01:28 > 1:01:30Yes?
1:01:30 > 1:01:34'So now you are giving private lessons to the old man, eh?
1:01:34 > 1:01:35Who is this?
1:01:35 > 1:01:38'We are watching you.
1:01:38 > 1:01:41'We know you are alone in that house.
1:01:41 > 1:01:44'You'll want to take care.'
1:01:56 > 1:01:59MAN: Walalaa! Hoo, hoo, hoo. Wa wa wa wa!
1:01:59 > 1:02:02Now, that's called money on wheels - mobile money.
1:02:02 > 1:02:04Politicians - what do they want now?
1:02:04 > 1:02:06When I grow up, that's the kind of car I'd like to drive,
1:02:06 > 1:02:08but not as a politician.
1:02:08 > 1:02:10HE SHOUTS IN SWAHILI
1:02:14 > 1:02:16CHILDREN SING IN DISTANCE
1:02:16 > 1:02:18ALL SING: # Welcome, everybody
1:02:18 > 1:02:20# It's good to see you here
1:02:20 > 1:02:22# Welcome, everybody
1:02:22 > 1:02:24# It's good to see you here
1:02:24 > 1:02:28# Welcome here today
1:02:28 > 1:02:30# Welcome, everybody
1:02:30 > 1:02:32# It's good to see you here... #
1:02:32 > 1:02:33Welcome. We are honoured to have you here.
1:02:33 > 1:02:36- Greetings from Nairobi. - Asante.
1:02:36 > 1:02:39- How are the kids? - Very good, very good.
1:02:39 > 1:02:42This is wonderful! You have put us on the map, Mrs Obinchu.
1:02:42 > 1:02:45- And we are very grateful. - Asante.
1:02:45 > 1:02:49No water, no electricity and right in the middle of nowhere.
1:02:49 > 1:02:51- MAN:- David, bring the sweets.
1:02:51 > 1:02:54Mr Maruge, nice to meet you.
1:02:54 > 1:02:57Nice to meet you. You are doing us proud.
1:02:57 > 1:02:59Hello, you young ones!
1:02:59 > 1:03:02Mrs Obinchu? Can we talk?
1:03:02 > 1:03:03Yes, of course.
1:03:05 > 1:03:08- So what is our cut?- Excuse me?
1:03:08 > 1:03:11Look, don't act stupid with me, bitch.
1:03:11 > 1:03:16The press are giving you money for Maruge. I want my share.
1:03:16 > 1:03:18CHILDREN: # It's good to see you here
1:03:18 > 1:03:20# Welcome, everybody
1:03:20 > 1:03:22# It's good to see you here
1:03:22 > 1:03:23# Welcome, everybody... #
1:03:23 > 1:03:27I've got politicians turning up at school.
1:03:27 > 1:03:32One of their aides thinks the press are giving me money for Maruge. He threatened me.
1:03:32 > 1:03:36- CHARLES:- 'What did you say to him?' - I told him to leave.- 'Oh, Jane.'
1:03:36 > 1:03:39You must be careful. You're butting heads with powerful people.
1:03:39 > 1:03:41What did you expect me to do, Charles?
1:03:41 > 1:03:43'You should be in Nairobi with me.'
1:03:43 > 1:03:46I can't protect you when you're there.
1:03:47 > 1:03:49- HE SIGHS - OK.
1:03:49 > 1:03:52I'm coming home.
1:03:52 > 1:03:54I'll cancel my meetings for tomorrow.
1:03:54 > 1:03:56'Thank you.'
1:03:56 > 1:03:58Charles?
1:03:59 > 1:04:00I'm sorry.
1:04:00 > 1:04:02I love you.
1:04:02 > 1:04:03OK.
1:04:06 > 1:04:07HE SIGHS
1:04:11 > 1:04:12TENSE MUSIC
1:04:16 > 1:04:17DOG BARKS
1:04:24 > 1:04:27PHONE RINGS
1:04:42 > 1:04:44Yes?
1:04:44 > 1:04:47- MAN:- 'Charles Obinchu?'
1:04:47 > 1:04:49Yes. Hold on a minute.
1:04:57 > 1:05:00Yes?
1:05:00 > 1:05:04'Do you know how your wife spends her evenings when you're not there?
1:05:04 > 1:05:07'Maybe you don't mind if she has a boyfriend, eh?'
1:05:22 > 1:05:24MAN HANGS UP
1:06:04 > 1:06:07- MAN:- We know those newspaper people gave you some money.
1:06:08 > 1:06:10We want a share.
1:06:10 > 1:06:13What money? I have no money.
1:06:13 > 1:06:16- Old man...- Leave me alone!
1:06:18 > 1:06:19HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:06:27 > 1:06:29BABY CRIES
1:06:38 > 1:06:41- MAN:- Go to the school and teach Maruge a lesson.
1:06:41 > 1:06:42MEN MURMUR
1:06:42 > 1:06:45Make sure and make no mistake.
1:06:45 > 1:06:48Scare him away from here for good.
1:06:48 > 1:06:50No mistakes!
1:06:52 > 1:06:55You don't hurt the children. Am I clear?
1:06:55 > 1:06:57- MEN: Yes. - Today we are doing it.
1:06:57 > 1:06:59MEN: Yes!
1:06:59 > 1:07:03- Who are the lions on my team? - CHILDREN SHOUT
1:07:03 > 1:07:06Yes! Who are the elephants on Maruge's team?
1:07:06 > 1:07:08CHILDREN SHOUT
1:07:08 > 1:07:12OK, are you ready? Are you set? Let's go!
1:07:12 > 1:07:13OK, quick, so we can beat...
1:07:13 > 1:07:15MEN SHOUT
1:07:23 > 1:07:26Get away from the window! Get away from the window!
1:07:28 > 1:07:32Get down, everybody. Sit down! Francis! Get away from the window!
1:07:32 > 1:07:34Get away! Get down!
1:07:34 > 1:07:36MEN SHOUT ANGRILY
1:07:38 > 1:07:40What's going on here?
1:07:40 > 1:07:41MEN CONTINUE SHOUTING
1:07:54 > 1:07:57You think you can do anything to me?
1:07:57 > 1:07:59What can you do? What can you do?
1:07:59 > 1:08:01HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:08:02 > 1:08:05Let's go, let's go. The old bull is crazy. Let's go, let's go!
1:08:05 > 1:08:07Leave him! Leave him!
1:08:07 > 1:08:09MARUGE SHOUTS IN SWAHILI
1:08:13 > 1:08:14Let's go, man. Let's go!
1:08:17 > 1:08:19- Go away! - Stay there, Kamau.
1:08:19 > 1:08:20HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:08:23 > 1:08:24You can do nothing.
1:08:24 > 1:08:26HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:08:30 > 1:08:32HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:08:36 > 1:08:38This is getting out of hand, Maruge.
1:08:38 > 1:08:42We are all right. It's nothing wrong. They won't come back.
1:08:46 > 1:08:51I'm OK. I'm all right. Just a few people I've just annoyed. it's OK.
1:08:53 > 1:08:56MEN CONTINUE SHOUTING IN SWAHILI
1:09:09 > 1:09:12- Are you OK? - I'm fine.
1:09:16 > 1:09:18Long neck,
1:09:18 > 1:09:22tummy fat.
1:09:22 > 1:09:24Number 5 wears a hat.
1:09:26 > 1:09:28Can you imagine that, Kamau?
1:09:28 > 1:09:32A man with a long neck
1:09:32 > 1:09:34and a big tummy, fat,
1:09:34 > 1:09:36and wears a hat!
1:09:39 > 1:09:42Long neck, tummy fat.
1:09:42 > 1:09:46Number 5 wears a hat.
1:09:46 > 1:09:48Good. Now, I want you to try it.
1:09:48 > 1:09:51Long neck,
1:09:51 > 1:09:55tummy fat.
1:09:55 > 1:09:58Number 5 wears a hat.
1:09:58 > 1:10:01Very good, Kamau. Very good!
1:10:01 > 1:10:05You want to try it again? Yeah? Go ahead.
1:10:05 > 1:10:07- BOTH:- Long neck...
1:10:09 > 1:10:11..tummy fat.
1:10:11 > 1:10:14Number 5 wears a hat.
1:10:14 > 1:10:17Great!
1:10:17 > 1:10:19You sure you can do it?
1:10:19 > 1:10:22- Are you sure?- Yes. - Yes, I know you can!
1:10:22 > 1:10:25- And I knew you could!- Yes.
1:10:33 > 1:10:35CHILDREN GIGGLE
1:10:54 > 1:10:56- For me? - Yes.
1:10:56 > 1:10:57Thanks, Jonas.
1:11:12 > 1:11:14- I can't believe this.- Hmm?
1:11:16 > 1:11:20- He's transferred me. - What? Where to?
1:11:20 > 1:11:23Turkana is 300 miles away from here.
1:11:23 > 1:11:28How are we supposed to see each other? You're not taking that transfer, and that's clear.
1:11:28 > 1:11:31Well, I'm not resigning, Charles.
1:11:31 > 1:11:34I refuse to give Kipruto the satisfaction as a matter of principle.
1:11:34 > 1:11:37To hell with principle! They are throwing bloody rocks at the classroom.
1:11:37 > 1:11:40They transfer you. I'm having problems at work.
1:11:40 > 1:11:44- Can't you see what this thing is doing to us?- So, what do you want me to do, Charles? Hmm?
1:11:44 > 1:11:49Go quietly and shut up, like a good Kenyan woman? "Women must be seen and not heard," is that it?
1:11:49 > 1:11:53You are seen, trust me. You are seen!
1:12:03 > 1:12:06Seen?
1:12:06 > 1:12:08Are you accusing me of something?
1:12:11 > 1:12:16Jane, people are beginning to talk.
1:12:16 > 1:12:21I get phone calls day and night, telling me things.
1:12:23 > 1:12:26That you're having an affair. Are you?
1:12:29 > 1:12:31Are you having an affair?
1:12:34 > 1:12:37How low can they go?
1:12:38 > 1:12:40How far are you willing to take this, Jane?
1:12:40 > 1:12:44Why are you risking everything because of this old man?
1:12:45 > 1:12:48Just let it go. Let it go.
1:12:53 > 1:12:58You know what the simple answer is, Charles?
1:12:58 > 1:13:00I just don't have any way to turn him away.
1:13:05 > 1:13:08I'll go to Turkana.
1:13:08 > 1:13:10But I'm not resigning.
1:13:12 > 1:13:13I'm not giving into them.
1:13:16 > 1:13:18DIGGING NEARBY
1:13:32 > 1:13:35- Karibu. - Asante.
1:13:35 > 1:13:37Tell me your mind.
1:13:40 > 1:13:45I'll go with you to Turkana. I'll go to school there.
1:13:45 > 1:13:48No, thanks, Maruge. I don't want any more battles.
1:13:50 > 1:13:54Turkana is far. What about your husband?
1:13:54 > 1:13:56He'll stay in Nairobi.
1:13:57 > 1:14:00He's very busy.
1:14:00 > 1:14:04We've been apart so much we're used to it, yeah?
1:14:04 > 1:14:06You're suffering because of me.
1:14:06 > 1:14:08No. It's my decision.
1:14:11 > 1:14:14I think I'm too old to learn.
1:14:17 > 1:14:20My father had a saying.
1:14:20 > 1:14:24He wasn't an educated man. He was a fisherman.
1:14:25 > 1:14:31But he said, "earning never ends until you have got soil in your ears."
1:14:33 > 1:14:35What was your father's tribe?
1:14:35 > 1:14:38Kisii.
1:14:38 > 1:14:39Ah...
1:14:39 > 1:14:42From the lakes.
1:14:42 > 1:14:43Good people.
1:14:50 > 1:14:51SHE SIGHS
1:14:51 > 1:14:53- Wow! - SHE LAUGHS
1:14:53 > 1:14:55That was a long time ago!
1:14:57 > 1:14:59A handsome man, Maruge!
1:15:01 > 1:15:04And your wife, she's very beautiful.
1:15:06 > 1:15:08HE WHISPERS Yes.
1:15:15 > 1:15:18Thank you for the tea, Maruge.
1:15:18 > 1:15:21I will see you tomorrow for my last day.
1:15:28 > 1:15:32You know, my mother never went to school.
1:15:33 > 1:15:39But she said to me, "Jane, you must love education,
1:15:39 > 1:15:43"because I want you to be better than me."
1:15:43 > 1:15:46Now, I am your mother,
1:15:46 > 1:15:52and I am telling you all you must love education...
1:15:54 > 1:15:59..so that you can be better than me, and all of us teachers here.
1:15:59 > 1:16:02- Si ndiyo? - CHILDREN: Ndiyo.- Good.
1:16:04 > 1:16:06- WOMAN:- Some of us have bought gifts for Teacher Jane.
1:16:06 > 1:16:08SHE SNIFFS
1:16:08 > 1:16:10SHE SPEAKS SWAHILI Can I see them?
1:16:10 > 1:16:12WOMAN SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:16:17 > 1:16:19OK, Faith. Would you like to start us off?
1:16:19 > 1:16:21GIRL SINGS IN SWAHILI
1:16:25 > 1:16:27CHILDREN SING
1:16:36 > 1:16:39Oh...!
1:16:48 > 1:16:51A bracelet! Thank you so much.
1:16:51 > 1:16:53These are just for you, Teacher Jane.
1:16:57 > 1:17:01- Have you seen Maruge? - No, I haven't seen him.
1:17:14 > 1:17:16SINGING CONTINUES
1:17:39 > 1:17:43- MAN:- Good morning, children. - CHILDREN: Good morning, sir.
1:17:43 > 1:17:45Children, I am Mr Kipruto,
1:17:45 > 1:17:48and I'm pleased to announce the appointment of the new head teacher,
1:17:48 > 1:17:52the new mwalimu mkuu, who will take the place of Teacher Jane.
1:17:53 > 1:17:58The new head teacher has shown loyalty and dedication to the education of children,
1:17:58 > 1:18:01and we feel is greatly deserving of this promotion.
1:18:03 > 1:18:07I expect you to show your full support for Mrs Grace Muthumba.
1:18:08 > 1:18:14She'll be joining us this afternoon. So in the meantime, I'll be standing in her place.
1:18:14 > 1:18:18I used to be a teacher. So we'll have fun, right?
1:18:18 > 1:18:19CHILD: Yes.
1:18:21 > 1:18:27All right, children. And then you've got class. And then you've got class.
1:18:27 > 1:18:31No running! No running, no running, no running, no running.
1:18:31 > 1:18:32Let's go, let's go, let's go.
1:18:34 > 1:18:35VEHICLE APPROACHES
1:18:39 > 1:18:42HE SPEAKS SWAHILI PHRASE SEVERAL TIMES
1:18:42 > 1:18:43I need to go to the city.
1:18:43 > 1:18:45You're going to the city? Let's go.
1:18:45 > 1:18:48- That's my fare. - What?
1:18:48 > 1:18:50What am I going to do with a goat, Maruge?
1:18:50 > 1:18:52You can breed more goats.
1:18:52 > 1:18:55- Oh, come on, Maruge. - I've got to get to the city quickly.
1:18:55 > 1:18:59That's not fair. Maruge, next time you need to get hard cash.
1:18:59 > 1:19:02Free education is messing you up, Maruge.
1:19:02 > 1:19:05MAN SPEAKS SWAHILI, PEOPLE SING JOYFULLY NEARBY
1:19:11 > 1:19:14MOTOR REVS
1:19:14 > 1:19:15She's here!
1:19:15 > 1:19:19PEOPLE ULULATE
1:19:25 > 1:19:27- SHE LAUGHS - Hello! So many faces.
1:19:58 > 1:20:00Come on.
1:20:06 > 1:20:10CHILD SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:20:10 > 1:20:12CHILD: You get the padlock.
1:20:12 > 1:20:14- CHILD:- Faster, faster, faster.
1:20:14 > 1:20:16Move back!
1:20:20 > 1:20:23Go back. Go back, go back.
1:20:28 > 1:20:29CRASH!
1:20:49 > 1:20:51OK, throw. Throw!
1:20:56 > 1:20:59CHILDREN: We want Teacher Jane! We want Teacher Jane!
1:20:59 > 1:21:03We want Teacher Jane! We want Teacher Jane!
1:21:18 > 1:21:20Teacher Jane!
1:21:20 > 1:21:23- MAN:- Maruge, your damn goat is peeing on everyone here!
1:21:23 > 1:21:26Hey, what's that? You're an idiot for going back to school.
1:21:26 > 1:21:28This celebrity culture has gone too far now!
1:21:28 > 1:21:31CHILDREN SHOUTING
1:21:41 > 1:21:42You, stop that, now.
1:21:42 > 1:21:45No! Look at them! I can't handle such indiscipline!
1:21:45 > 1:21:48- They're just...little children! - They're just little...
1:21:48 > 1:21:50Hey, we can take care of them!
1:21:50 > 1:21:53- No!- Grace, please!
1:21:53 > 1:21:55They're just little kids!
1:21:55 > 1:22:01ALL: We want Teacher Jane! We want Teacher Jane!
1:22:06 > 1:22:09- THUMP! - Sorry!
1:22:09 > 1:22:11Grace...!
1:22:11 > 1:22:14Grace!
1:22:14 > 1:22:16CHILDREN CONTINUE CHANTING
1:22:25 > 1:22:28- MAN:- Wow, karibu! This is where everybody is.
1:22:28 > 1:22:30But don't worry, we have a better place, all right?
1:22:30 > 1:22:33There's no demonstration. So many people are doing their business, Maruge.
1:22:33 > 1:22:35Watch out, watch out!
1:22:35 > 1:22:39- When you get lost here, just raise your ID. - HE LAUGHS
1:22:39 > 1:22:41Wah-wah! Nairobi, here we come.
1:22:41 > 1:22:43This is Nairobi!
1:23:16 > 1:23:18- WOMAN:- Got the old guy from the education campaign
1:23:18 > 1:23:20here with me in reception.
1:23:20 > 1:23:22He wants to see the chairman.
1:23:22 > 1:23:24- OK, thanks. - SHE HANGS UP
1:23:26 > 1:23:28Excuse me. The chairman is busy.
1:23:28 > 1:23:30Would you like to see the deputy chairman?
1:23:30 > 1:23:33- No.- Oh...all right. Then I'm afraid you'll have to wait.
1:23:33 > 1:23:35I don't want to wait.
1:23:35 > 1:23:37You're going to have to.
1:23:37 > 1:23:40- DOOR OPENS - Hey, Jacquie, I need the chairman to sign this.
1:23:40 > 1:23:43No, sorry, he's in a meeting and I cannot disturb him.
1:23:43 > 1:23:45But I need it right now.
1:23:45 > 1:23:48OK, do this - leave it with me, then I'll see what I can do.
1:23:48 > 1:23:50- OK, but make it ASAP.- Sure.
1:23:57 > 1:24:00Hey, sir! Wait! Please, wait!
1:24:01 > 1:24:03So, where do we go from here?
1:24:03 > 1:24:06- MAN:- Mr Chairman, I still insist that we should go to Kilifi.
1:24:06 > 1:24:08INDISTINCT BOARDROOM CHATTER
1:24:10 > 1:24:13- MAN:- We have the money!
1:24:13 > 1:24:16Wait, sir!
1:24:16 > 1:24:17Old man, you can't go in...
1:24:20 > 1:24:22I am so sorry, Mr Chairman.
1:24:22 > 1:24:23I'm going to go and call security.
1:24:23 > 1:24:26What is this?
1:24:26 > 1:24:28Sir, this is Mzee Maruge.
1:24:28 > 1:24:31- CHAIRMAN:- Mr Maruge. What can we do for you?
1:24:31 > 1:24:33I'm here for a teacher.
1:24:33 > 1:24:37- Sir, shall I... - No, that's all right. Thank you.
1:24:37 > 1:24:39You have our attention, sir.
1:24:39 > 1:24:43MARUGE: I was in the detention camps with our founding fathers.
1:24:45 > 1:24:49These men sacrificed everything for your generation.
1:24:49 > 1:24:51Without them, you'd not be here.
1:24:52 > 1:24:55Before, it was only the Queen's face there.
1:25:36 > 1:25:39The British did this to me.
1:25:40 > 1:25:42They cracked my skull.
1:25:45 > 1:25:47They chopped off my toes.
1:25:47 > 1:25:49Mr Chairman...
1:25:49 > 1:25:53Mr Maruge, that's enough.
1:25:59 > 1:26:02We have to learn from our past.
1:26:02 > 1:26:04We must not forget.
1:26:05 > 1:26:07But we must be better.
1:26:09 > 1:26:11We need good teachers.
1:26:13 > 1:26:16We reap what we sow with our children.
1:26:19 > 1:26:21Bring her back.
1:26:31 > 1:26:33Thank you.
1:26:54 > 1:26:57REFLECTIVE MUSIC
1:27:29 > 1:27:30DISTANT THUNDER RUMBLES
1:28:21 > 1:28:22Welcome back.
1:28:39 > 1:28:41- Who is it? - It's Teacher Jane!
1:28:41 > 1:28:45Teacher, Teacher! Teacher Jane is here. Can we go to her?
1:28:56 > 1:28:58HE SPEAKS SWAHILI
1:28:59 > 1:29:03Welcome back!
1:29:03 > 1:29:05Oh, we missed you so much.
1:29:05 > 1:29:07Welcome!
1:29:13 > 1:29:14Welcome back!
1:29:29 > 1:29:31- Ohh! - SHE LAUGHS
1:29:36 > 1:29:40I hear you have been writing. Is it true you have been writing?
1:29:40 > 1:29:42OK, back to class!
1:29:42 > 1:29:47OK, come. Let's go back to class.
1:29:55 > 1:29:57I hope you're back for good.
1:29:58 > 1:30:01- OK, so let's decide which books are going... - KNOCKS AT DOOR
1:30:01 > 1:30:05- Yes, Maruge?- We're busy, Maruge. - No, it's OK.
1:30:05 > 1:30:08The letter. 'Tis too hard.
1:30:08 > 1:30:11You must read it for me now.
1:30:11 > 1:30:12Please.
1:30:16 > 1:30:17Come, Maruge.
1:30:38 > 1:30:40You read it for Maruge.
1:30:43 > 1:30:45Sit down, Maruge.
1:30:57 > 1:31:01"Dear honoured prisoner number 4339.
1:31:01 > 1:31:04"On behalf of the Republic of Kenya
1:31:04 > 1:31:08"I would like to inform you that you have been judged eligible for compensation
1:31:08 > 1:31:14"for the ill-treatment you endured while imprisoned under British colonial rule
1:31:14 > 1:31:19"in Hola camp from 1951 to 1953,
1:31:19 > 1:31:22"Langata camp from 1953 to 1955...
1:31:23 > 1:31:28"..Manyani camp from 1955 to 1957,
1:31:28 > 1:31:33- "and Embakasi camp from 1957 to 1959..." - VOICE FADES
1:31:34 > 1:31:36PEACEFUL MUSIC
1:31:46 > 1:31:50"..It is recorded hereby that prisoner number 4339
1:31:50 > 1:31:54"suffered cruel and inhuman treatment in captivity
1:31:54 > 1:31:58"because of his sustained refusal to renounce the oath of allegiance.
1:32:01 > 1:32:07"With gratitude for your heroic sacrifice in liberating our country,
1:32:07 > 1:32:11"His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Kenya."
1:32:20 > 1:32:23We're here because of you, Maruge.
1:32:31 > 1:32:33Shall we go, Maruge?
1:32:38 > 1:32:41This is not the end, you know?
1:32:41 > 1:32:44I want to continue learning.
1:32:44 > 1:32:46I want to become a vet.
1:32:46 > 1:32:48- A vet, Maruge? - SHE LAUGHS
1:32:48 > 1:32:51But you know you'll be about 100 years old?
1:32:51 > 1:32:54I'll learn until I have soil in my ears. HE LAUGHS
1:32:54 > 1:32:58Yes, Maruge. You will. You will.
1:32:58 > 1:32:59MARUGE LAUGHS
1:33:07 > 1:33:08SCHOOL BELL RINGS
1:33:11 > 1:33:13CHILDREN WHOOP AND SHOUT
1:34:23 > 1:34:25My people, my people.
1:34:25 > 1:34:27Teacher, my teacher, wow!
1:34:27 > 1:34:30Now, word has spread, officially,
1:34:30 > 1:34:34that Kimani Ng'ang'a Maruge has actually made it all the way
1:34:34 > 1:34:38to the United States of America all by himself,
1:34:38 > 1:34:41speaking to the UN, to talk to the politicians.
1:34:41 > 1:34:44This is unbelievable!
1:34:44 > 1:34:46I cannot even...
1:34:46 > 1:34:49Maruge in the United States, speaking to the UN!
1:34:49 > 1:34:51Can you... Can you believe that?
1:34:51 > 1:34:55You know, I'm now... I'm now beginning to believe
1:34:55 > 1:35:00that one day, a Kenyan - a Kenyan! - will go to the White House.
1:35:00 > 1:35:02But for now... HE LAUGHS
1:35:02 > 1:35:07..according to me, Kimani Maruge is the headmaster of the world!
1:35:07 > 1:35:09Yes, we can!
1:35:09 > 1:35:11CHILDREN SING