Queen of Katwe

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Queen of Katwe is a biographical drama film about Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, directed by Mira Nair and starring David Oyelowo and Lupita Nyong'o.

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instanceOf biographical drama film
film
awardReceived NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
NAACP Image Award
surface form: NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Motion Picture

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
basedOn Phiona Mutesi
Queen of Katwe self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl from Uganda

Tim Crothers
character Harriette
surface form: Nakku Harriet

Phiona Mutesi
Robert Katende
cinematographer Sean Bobbitt
composer Alex Heffes
countryOfOrigin Uganda
United States of America
surface form: United States
director Mira Nair
distributor Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
editor Barry Alexander Brown
filmingLocation Johannesburg, South Africa
surface form: Johannesburg

Kampala
genre biographical film
chess film
drama film
sports film
language English
Luganda
mainSubject Phiona Mutesi
narrativeLocation Uganda
premiereLocation Toronto International Film Festival
producer John Carls
Lydia Dean Pilcher
productionCompany ESPN
surface form: ESPN Films

Mirabai Films
Walt Disney Pictures
publisher Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
releaseDate 2016-09-10
runningTime 124 minutes
screenwriter William Wheeler
setting Kampala
Katwe
Uganda
starredActor David Oyelowo
Lupita Nyong'o
Madina Nalwanga
Martin Kabanza
theatricalReleaseDate 2016-09-23
topic chess
education
poverty
women in sports

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Lupita Nyong'o notableWork Queen of Katwe
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Sean Bobbitt notableWork Queen of Katwe
Sean Bobbitt workedOn Queen of Katwe
Alex Heffes composedMusicFor Queen of Katwe
Mira Nair notableWork Queen of Katwe
Mira Nair directed Queen of Katwe