Queen of Katwe

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biographical drama film film

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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Label Occurrences
Queen of Katwe canonical 7
The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl from Uganda 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
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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David Oyelowo → notableWork → Queen of Katwe ⓘ
Lupita Nyong'o → notableWork → Queen of Katwe ⓘ
Queen of Katwe → basedOn → Queen of Katwe self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Queen of Katwe: A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl from Uganda
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 ⓘ