In the slums of Kampala, Uganda, Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona is also one of the world's best chess players. One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Phiona met Robert Katende, a war refugee turned missionary. Katende had an improbable dream: to empower slum kids through chess - a game for which there is no word in their language.
Adaptations (1)
The Queen Of Katwe was adapted into a 2016 film.
Queen of Katwe2016 · film · 124 min · dir. Mira Nair · IMDb ↗A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
