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Queen of Katwe
2016
Jan 12, 2018 · In 2016, a film about Phiona's life came out, produced by Disney, called "Queen of Katwe." Just as the film depicts, Phiona started playing chess tournaments and went back to school thanks to a ...
Woman Candidate Master (2012) Peak rating. 1686 (October 2012) Phiona Mutesi (born 28 March 1996) [1] is a Ugandan chess player. [2] [3] She has represented Uganda at four Women's Chess Olympiads, and is one of the first titled female players in Ugandan chess history. Mutesi is the subject of a 2012 book and a 2016 film called Queen of Katwe .
Queen of Katwe is a 2016 film from Walt Disney Pictures, directed by Mira Nair. It stars David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga. It is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi (Nalwanga). Phiona is a pre-teen girl living in Katwe, a desperately poor slum neighborhood in Kampala, Uganda. Into this slum comes Robert Katende (Oyelowo ...
Sep 27, 2016 · Queen of Katwe’s focus on its supporting characters is key: Woven into the tale of Phiona’s ascent is the belief that community is indispensable. As much as it celebrates its heroine’s ...
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 ...
The purpose of the summit is to highlight women who have made positive changes in various areas of life. Phiona was invited to share how she had overcome so many obstacles and achieve her international level as a chess player. Every year the summit will honor a select few of the women as Women of Impact, Phiona was one of the three for 2013.
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 ...
