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Queen of Katwe

film by Nair [2016]

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In Mira Nair
The biopic Queen of Katwe (2016) depicts the life of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, who overcame extreme poverty to become a grandmaster. Nair later directed five episodes of the six-part miniseries A Suitable Boy (2020), an adaptation of Vikram Seth’s epic novel about the relations between…
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In Lupita Nyong’o
In Queen of Katwe (2016), a biopic directed by Mira Nair, Nyong’o was cast as an impoverished Ugandan mother who encourages her daughter, a chess prodigy. She then appeared as the bodyguard and former lover of the title character in the acclaimed superhero movie Black Panther…
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