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Queen of Katwe is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film [4] directed by Mira Nair and written by William Wheeler. [5] Starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga, the film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi, a girl living in Katwe, a slum of Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
- Madina Nalwanga
Madina Nalwanga (born March 15, 2002) is a Ugandan actress...
- Phiona Mutesi
Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) [1] is a Ugandan chess...
- Madina Nalwanga
Mar 22, 2017 · Turns out 'Beauty and the Beast' is not the only suspenseful, spirit-lifting, triumphant female-centric movie out there, and, even better, this story actually happened.
Sep 23, 2016 · The amazing depth of David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong’o help ground this sports story from most of its sentimental clichés.
Mira Nair’s inspirational chess drama Queen of Katwe is remarkable in the simplest but most profound way: it’s an American film about Africa that doesn’t feel like it was made by tourists....
Sep 11, 2016 · What a vibrant, lively, yet understated joy Queen of Katwe is. Mira Nair’s warm biopic of Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi —a daughter of the Katwe slums who is blessed with a prodigious...
Sep 27, 2016 · A new Disney film starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo follows the rise of Phiona Mutesi, a poor girl from Uganda who becomes a chess prodigy.
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Queen of Katwe: Directed by Mira Nair. With Madina Nalwanga, David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, Martin Kabanza. Living in the slum of Katwe in Kampala, Uganda, is a constant struggle for 10-year-old Phiona and her family.
