In chess, the small one can become the big one.
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
Rise
2022
Won't Back Down
2012
My All American
2015
A United Kingdom
2016
The Zone of Interest
2023
A Call to Spy
2020
Fatima
The Boy in the Woods
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
1972
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Origin
Richard Jewell
2019
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Eleanor the Great
2025
Christy
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius
2004
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013
Desert Flower
2009
Victoria & Abdul
2017
