three-twenty
and while i’m posting posters, i just saw the final cut of this one, i’m really proud of it, and it’s coming out way sooner than that other one ;o)
Oh shoot. FINALLY :)
Pay It Forward.
This is a great movie that I just watched for the first time. I’m not sure I’ve seen a movie that has had an effect on me like this in awhile.
The First Grader: The Story
In a small, remote, mountaintop primary school in the Kenyan bush, hundreds of children are jostling for a chance for the free education newly promised by the Kenyan government. One applicant causes astonishment when he knocks on the door of the school. He is Maruge (Oliver Litondo), an old Mau Mau veteran in his 80s, who is desperate to learn to read at this late stage of his life. He fought for the liberation of his country and now feels he must have the chance at the education so long denied—even if it means sitting in a classroom alongside six-year-old children.
Moved by his passionate plea, head teacher Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) supports his struggle to gain admission, and together they face fierce opposition from parents and officials who don’t want to waste a precious school place on such an old man.
Full of vitality and humor, the film explores the remarkable relationships Maruge builds with classmates some 80 years his junior. Through Maruge’s journey, we are taken back to the shocking untold story of British colonial rule 50 years earlier, when Maruge fought for the freedom of his country and eventually ended up in the extreme and harsh conditions of the British detention camps.
The First Grader is a heartwarming and inspiring true story of one man’s fight for what he believes is his right in order to overcome the burdens of his past. It is a triumphant testimony to the transforming force of education.
(Source: National Geographic)
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Movie Poster of the Day: First official posters for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (left: int’l, right: domestic) — the Steven Moffat/Edgar Wright/Joe Cornish-penned, Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson-helmed motion capture adaptation of Hergé’s classic comic strip series.
Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Daniel Craig provide their voices. In theaters December 23.
[empire / aicn.]
oh man! finally. i think i read about this my junior year of hs.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llauqjPmeC1qzpwi0o1_r1_1280.jpg)
Movie Poster of the Day: First official posters for The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn (left: int’l, right: domestic) — the Steven Moffat/Edgar Wright/Joe Cornish-penned, Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson-helmed motion capture adaptation of Hergé’s classic comic strip series.
Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Daniel Craig provide their voices. In theaters December 23.
oh man! finally. i think i read about this my junior year of hs.
That’s It, That’s All - Travis Rice
Music: We Own The Sky - M83
Haven’t snowboarded in two years, and most likely won’t get to for another two, so to feel better about that fact, I’ll be watching this beautifully epic movie in the next couple days.
