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Sembène Film Festival – Queen of Katwe

When: Sat., July 13, 3-4:30 p.m. 2019

(Runtime: 124minutes) Queen of Katwe, based on the true story of Ugandan chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi, traces her journey from the Kampala slum of Katwe, where she is forced to abandon her formal schooling at the age of nine, to the upper echelons of the chess world after she develops an interest in the game at a youth-outreach program run by Robert Katende.

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