A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Madina Nalwanga
Phiona Mutesi
David Oyelowo
Robert Katende
Lupita Nyong'o
Nakku Harriet
Martin Kabanza
Mugabi Brian
Taryn "Kay" Kyaze
Margaret Night Nantongo
Esther Tebandeke
Sarah Katende
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Tendo
Ethan Nazario Lubega
Mukumbya Benjamin
Nikita Waligwa
Gloria Nansubuga
Ronald Ssemaganda
Ivan
Peter Odeke
Enoch Barumba
Philip Luswata
Minister Aloysius Kyazze
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Mrs. Gali
Ivan Jacobo
Buyinza Richard (young)
Nicolas Levesque
Buyinza Richard (older)
Babirye Stellah
Edgar Kanyike
Joseph
Hope Katende
Maurice Kirya
Theo
Zohran Mamdani
Bookie Student
Mira Nair
Director
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Producer
John B. Carls
Nov 5, 1998
Dec 12, 2008
Aug 21, 2008
Sep 5, 2008
Nov 13, 2008
Jun 26, 2008
Nov 7, 2008
Oct 22, 2009
Sep 28, 2012
Jun 23, 2022
Nov 13, 2015
Nov 25, 2016
Oct 2, 2020
Dec 15, 2023
Jul 8, 2009
Dec 20, 1972
Cine Mosaic
US
Mirabai Films
United States
English