After Million Dollar Arm, Secretariat, and what I would consider a predictable tale of Walt Disney’s journey to gain the rights to “Mary Poppins” in Saving Mr. Banks, Disney’s managed to pull itself out of their mediocre, live-action rut with its newest film, Queen of Katwe.
Based on “The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster” by Tim Crothers, Queen of Katwe begins in 2007 and over a handful of years follows Phiona (Madina Nalwanga), a nine-year-old girl living in the Katwe slum of Kampala, Uganda. We meet Phiona selling vegetables in the streets, approaching cars and waving people down on the sidewalks. As one of four children to a widowed mother Nakku (Lupita Nyong’o), it’s up to Phiona and her siblings to make up the financial difference that their mother is unable to pull together on her own. One day, distracted by her brother, Phiona’s curiosity gets the best of her and she follows him to a small church where a group of children are setting up tables for their chess program run by Robert Katende (David Oyelowo). When he catches Phiona peeking through the gaps of the building, Robert calls her in to join the rest of the students. From there, viewers follow Phiona’s journey as she makes a name for herself in the world of chess.
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