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A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Language
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $10,367,161
English
Budget$15,000,000
Revenue $10,367,161
Keywords
chess
based on novel or book
sports
biography
based on true story
woman director
life in the slums
based on magazine, newspaper or article
Casts
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
Babirye Stellah
Edgar Kanyike
Joseph
Hope Katende
Hope Katende
Maurice Kirya
Theo
Crews
Mira Nair
Director
William Wheeler
Screenplay
Moses Bwayo
Boom Operator
Moses Bwayo
Sound Mixer
Dinaz Stafford
Casting
Mobolaji Dawodu
Costume Design
Linda Cohen
Music Supervisor
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Music Supervisor
Alex Heffes
Original Music Composer
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Stephanie Carroll
Production Design
Sean Bobbitt
Director of Photography
Will Weiske
Executive Producer
Troy Buder
Executive Producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Producer
John B. Carls
Producer
Will Weiske
Unit Production Manager
Mike Topoozian
First Assistant Director
Atilla Salih Yücer
First Assistant Director
Paula Case
Second Assistant Director
Avani Batra
Second Assistant Director
Michael McCue
Second Assistant Director
Miles Goodall
Additional Photography
Tim Crothers
Book
Connor Schell
Executive Producer
Dan Silver
Executive Producer
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Production Manager
Fritz Joubert
Art Direction
Jeanette Scott
Set Decoration
Isabella Asiimwe
Set Designer
Tumi Poen
Art Department Coordinator
Peter Kasaija
Storyboard Artist
Houston Hadden
First Assistant "A" Camera
Danie du Toit
First Assistant "B" Camera
Neville Esterhuizen
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Ali Musoke
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Edward Echwalu
Still Photographer
Nadine Prigge
Makeup Designer
Evelyn Gambe
Assistant Makeup Artist
Melanie Harris
Hair Designer
Thami Nkosi
Key Hair Stylist
Christopher Damuura
Assistant Hairstylist
Diana Najago
Assistant Hairstylist
Robyn Aronstam
Script Supervisor
Nico Louw
Sound Mixer
Simon Rankin
Boom Operator
Eniola Dawodu
Assistant Costume Designer
Izouna de Vasconcelos
Costume Supervisor
Emmanuel Chonco Sithole
Chief Lighting Technician
Arlo Markantonatos
Property Master
Bernard Ennu
Picture Car Coordinator
Cordell McQueen
Stunt Coordinator
Cordell McQueen
Special Effects Supervisor
Polly Hope
Production Supervisor
Jade Manuel
Production Coordinator
Patricia Olwoch
Production Secretary
Andile Vuyolwethu Pakade
Second Second Assistant Director
Zohran Kwame Mamdani
Third Assistant Director
Moses Kibuuka Muwanga
Third Assistant Director
Anne Ford
Production Controller
Spring Sutter
Production Accountant
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Dialect Coach
Nikissi Serumaga
Casting Associate
Abdul Bar Hussein
Casting Assistant
Richard Tugume
Casting Assistant
Yahya Chavanga
Location Manager
Kenneth Fletcher
Unit Manager
Colin Lubega
Choreographer
Nicola Graydon-Harris
Unit Publicist
Kelley Cribben
Post Production Supervisor
Ian Holden
Assistant Editor
Blake Leyh
Supervising Sound Editor
Blake Leyh
Sound Designer
Blake Leyh
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dominick Tavella
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Gina Alfano
Supervising ADR Editor
Eliza Paley
Dialogue Editor
Heather Gross
Sound Effects Editor
Allen Lau
Assistant Sound Editor
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
Trevanna Post
Post Production Accountant
Annie Gaudet
Post Production Accountant
Emerson Nosek
Post Production Accountant
Jim Bruening
Music Editor
John Ashton Thomas
Orchestrator
Byron Tofas
Digital Compositor
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