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Queen of Katwe is a feel-good movie of uncommon smarts and passion, and outstanding performances by Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo help to elevate the film past its cliches.
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A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess. Living in Katwe, a slum in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona, her mother Nakku Harriet, and her younger family members. She and her younger brother help their mother sell maize in the market.
Disney presents Queen of Katwe, a movie based on a vibrant true story starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo, and directed by Mira Nair. A Ugandan girl’s life changes forever when she discovers she has an amazing talent for chess, in this celebration of the human spirit. Certificate No. DFL/1/40/2016-MUM
Oct 9, 2012 · Tim Crothers is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is currently a journalism professor and a freelance sportswriter. He is the author of The Man Watching, a biography of Anson Dorrance, the legendary coach of the University of North Carolina women's soccer team, co-author of Hard Work, the autobiography of UNC basketball coach Roy Williams, and author of The Queen of Katwe, the story of a 16-year-old female chess champion from the slums of Kampala, Uganda.
Sep 10, 2016 · September 10, 2016 9:00pm. Phiona Mutesi, the gifted and determined teen at the center of Queen of Katwe, is an aspiring chess master who can see as many as eight moves ahead. Unfortunately, so ...
Sep 23, 2016 · An old church with a window in the shape of a cross serves as home to Nakku, Phiona and the rest of the family—a physical and symbolically spiritual refuge from Katwe’s cruel streets. When Phiona takes her first trip aboard an airplane and looks at the clouds below her, she asks her coach if she’s seeing heaven.
Queen of Katwe is a real movie, with real people, real drama and a real sense of place. It’s aided by a soundtrack filled with local flavour, and despite being a Disney film, it isn’t afraid ...
