A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.A Ugandan girl sees her world rapidly change after being introduced to the game of chess.
- Awards
- 4 wins & 30 nominations
Taryn Kyaze
- Night
- (as Taryn "Kay" Kyaze)
Esteri Tebandeke
- Sara Katende
- (as Esther Tebandeke)
Minky Ndlovu
- Man on Boda
- (as Nhlahla "Minkey" Ndlovu)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDirector Mira Nair decided to adapt "Queen of Katwe" into a film after making a documentary about the life of the man who trained Phiona Mutesi, Robert Katende.
- GoofsAll the end games of chess shown, but one, are a checkmate, something which hardly ever happens once players have acquired some experience. The one exception is when Phiona resigns a game which is treated as a personal crisis, when in fact it's normal to resign from hopeless positions - especially when playing with the black pieces, for this brings the disadvantage of not making the first move.
Never seen in the movie are any games ending with a draw, which in chess is extremely common.
- Quotes
Robert Katende: [Robert speaking to Phiona] Sometimes the place you are use to... is not the place where you belong
- Crazy creditsJust before the credits, there are short scenes of the major characters with the real people they portrayed. A brief synopsis of what the real people have done since the events of the film and are doing at the time of the film's completion is displayed as well.
- SoundtracksNdi Muna Uganda
Written by Bobi Wine
Performed by Bobi Wine feat. Nubian Lee
Courtesy of Fire Base Records
Featured review
Not Your Typical Feel Good Disney Movie, and that Makes it All the More Inspiring
From the trailers one would guess that The Queen of Katwe is the typical formulaic and inspirational sports story, but it is much more. While segments of it are the same old story told and retold so beautifully, with a few unexpected twist and turns, is also a study of how success affects family ties and how character is king, even in the grim slums of Uganda. It offers a realistic and harshly honest, for a Disney film, look at Africa, with prostitution references and poor medical care reoccurring throughout the story. While the harsh environment might not make the viewer feel good, it makes the story all the more inspiring. The cinematography is excellent, with great shots of the children reacting to a world they had never seen before, be it an upper crust school, snow or the view from a airplane window. Great performances from the cast.
I highly recommend The Queen of Katwe.
I highly recommend The Queen of Katwe.
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- cwjohnsonjr
- Oct 2, 2016
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Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Nữ Hoàng Cờ Vua
- Filming locations
- Kampala, Uganda(Slums of Katwe)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $15,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,874,389
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $304,933
- Sep 25, 2016
- Gross worldwide
- $10,368,126
- Runtime2 hours 4 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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