In chess, Phiona is told, “The small one can become the big one.” Because of class discrimination, even with an engineering degree, Katende cannot get a proper, full-time job without family connections. Like Phiona, he’s suffered deprivation and hardship. Her journey begins when resilient nine year-old Phiona meets Robert Katende (David Oyelowo), who runs a sports outreach program of the local church’s youth ministry, teaching scrappy slum kids, struggling to survive, how to play chess – bribing them with a free cup of porridge. Susan Granger’s review of “Queen of Katwe” (Disney/ESPN)īased on a true story, this film chronicles how talented Phiona Mutesi (Madina Nalwanga) from the poverty-stricken streets of Katwe, a township that’s south of Kampala, the capital of Uganda, became a world-class chess champion.
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