Director Mira Nair introduces the Queen of Katwe in today’s trailer for Disney’s upcoming biopic.
Charting the remarkable journey Phiona Mutesi – played here in eye-catching fashion by newcomer Madina Nalwanga – Nair’s latest creative venture recounts Mutesi’s transformation from humble Ugandan chess prodigy to a bona fide master of the age-old sport, following her triumph at the World Chess Olympiads.
Chess is merely the basis for Phiona’s story, though, who hails from the impoverished slum of Katwe. Struggling to make ends meet is Lupita Nyong’o as Phiona’s mother, who is, like many residents of the Ugandan village, overworked and underpaid as a local farmer. However, one chance meeting with a soccer player turned missionary (David Oyelowo) changes all of that, as he introduces our wide-eyed protagonist to the strategy game in all of its intricate, thought-provoking glory. Ntare Mwine and Maurice Kirya also star.
Charting the remarkable journey Phiona Mutesi – played here in eye-catching fashion by newcomer Madina Nalwanga – Nair’s latest creative venture recounts Mutesi’s transformation from humble Ugandan chess prodigy to a bona fide master of the age-old sport, following her triumph at the World Chess Olympiads.
Chess is merely the basis for Phiona’s story, though, who hails from the impoverished slum of Katwe. Struggling to make ends meet is Lupita Nyong’o as Phiona’s mother, who is, like many residents of the Ugandan village, overworked and underpaid as a local farmer. However, one chance meeting with a soccer player turned missionary (David Oyelowo) changes all of that, as he introduces our wide-eyed protagonist to the strategy game in all of its intricate, thought-provoking glory. Ntare Mwine and Maurice Kirya also star.
- 7/27/2016
- by Michael Briers
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