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
My All American
2015
Won't Back Down
2012
A United Kingdom
2016
Gigi & Nate
The Zone of Interest
2023
A Call to Spy
2020
Fatima
Origin
Richard Jewell
2019
Searching for Bobby Fischer
1993
Christy
2025
Skin
2009
TalhotBlond
Holy Lands
Fast Girls
Adopt a Highway
Eleanor the Great
Resurrecting the Champ
2007
Victoria & Abdul
2017
