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On the way home after having to join the chess team without knowing how to play, while taking a detour through Washington Square Park, Max sees several people playing chess. The following day she asks Norman, who she had seen alone with a chess board, if he could teach her how to play. He initially discourages her, but her determination wins out.
Queen of Katwe is a 2016 American biographical sports drama film [4] directed by Mira Nair and written by William Wheeler. [5] Starring David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong'o, and Madina Nalwanga, the film depicts the life of Phiona Mutesi, a girl living in Katwe, a slum of Kampala, the capital of Uganda.
Long Live the Queen (Dutch: Lang Leve de Koningin) is a 1995 Dutch children's film written and directed by Esmé Lammers. It tells the tale of a little girl who learns to play chess thanks to enchanted chess pieces. The film was selected as the Dutch entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 69th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a ...
Based on a true story, this heartwarming, live-action Disney family movie follows Phiona, a young girl growing up in rural Uganda who discovers she has a gift for playing chess. Watch Queen of ...
Seven-year-old Josh Waitzkin becomes fascinated with the chess players in New York City's Washington Square Park.His mother, Bonnie, is initially uncomfortable with his interest, as the games in the park are rife with illegal gambling and homeless players, but eventually allows Josh to play a game with a disheveled player (who charges $5 to play the game).
His movie "Critical Thinking" is based on the true story of how five Miami public high school students shocked the country by becoming the first inner city team to win the U.S. National Chess ...
Inspired by the chess lessons of his father, an alcoholic speed-chess master (Samuel L. Jackson), Fresh devises and executes a brilliant plan to extricate himself and his drug-addicted sister (N'Bushe Wright) from their hopeless lives. [2] [3] Marketed as a hip hop hood film, Fresh went relatively unnoticed by the public, but won critical acclaim.
8. Rise of the Guardians (2012) Alec Baldwin, Hugh Jackman, Jude Law and Isla Fischer are just a few of the big names on the all-star cast of this action-packed film, in which the Easter Bunny ...