![]() She was so close to giving up, but her coach reminded her "what matters is when you reset the pieces and play again." Losing isn't failing, it's an opportunity to learn and do things differently the next time.Ĥ. When Phiona lost her first big competition, it overwhelmed her. Phiona proves that losing doesn't make you a failure. People who succeed don't always take the obvious route sometimes it takes out-of-the-box thinking to achieve your dreams.ģ. Seeing chess as an opportunity out of poverty was unexpected. Playing chess for an uneducated girl was unexpected. Phiona encourages our daughters not to be afraid to do the unexpected. In the same way, I want my daughter to know that if she has the talent and the skill, circumstance doesn't have to limit her.Ģ. But she persevered and overcame the odds. No one would have thought a girl from the slum of Katwe could achieve something like a chess championship anyway. Phiona inspires our daughters to never give up.Īt any point, Phiona could have given up and almost did. Here are five more reasons why we should all take our daughter to see Queen of Katwe. This is an important lesson I want my daughter to take away from this film. As Phiona shows, if a woman hasn't done it before, that simply means there's an opening to be the first. As Phiona asks in the film, "Can you do big things from such a small place?" Her story is proof that, YES. ![]() I want her to be encouraged and emboldened to go wherever her gifts take her, and I don't want her to feel like she can't do something just because she's a girl or problems pop up along the way. QUEEN OF KATWE TRAILER SONG MOVIETHAT is why this movie is a must-watch for my daughter. She had to overcome deep poverty - never knowing where her next meal would come from or if she would have a roof over her head, an inability to read because her mother couldn't afford to send her to school, and the ridicule of other children who insulted her due to her background.Īnd yet through all of these challenges - she prevailed. Her story is made all the more remarkable because of the mountains she had to climb to get there. ![]() She first won the championship when she was just 11 years old back in 2007, and she went on to win the title two more years after that. The film is based on the vibrant true story of Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the streets of rural Uganda who is introduced to the game of chess by Robert Katende, a former missionary and soccer coach, and goes on to become an international chess champion.The movie is based on the true story of Phiona Mutesi, who never let the fact that she's a girl hold her back from becoming a National Junior Chess Champion - the first female to win the open category in Uganda. “Queen of Katwe,” which will have its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival on Saturday, September 10th 2016 is directed by Nair from a screenplay by William Wheeler and David Oyelowo, Lupita Nyong’o and newcomer Madina Nalwanga. “I have carried a torch for Alicia Key’s voice and passionate engagement with the world for years, so it was exciting to have her artistry join ‘Queen of Katwe,’ which celebrates the idea that genius is everywhere!” The film’s Academy Award-nominated director Mira Nair says, I encourage people to see this film, be moved by Phiona’s story and then go back into their own communities and encourage a girl who will rise like a flower that breaks through the concrete to see the sun!” ![]() When we allow women to find and express their power and potential, the world changes for the better. The song ‘Back To Life’ that I wrote for this film alongside collaborators Illangelo and Billy Walsh, is about pushing past that little voice of doubt in our heads so we can instead, electrify the world. But most soulfully, it’s the story of this fearless, brilliant girl Phiona who embodies the message that the rise to success first begins with opportunity, and the belief you have in yourself to pursue something bigger. “The film beautifully depicts Uganda with such honest attention to detail-the colors, the sounds, the people-all vividly brought to life. “’Queen of Katwe’ moved me in every way,” says Alicia Keys, The multi-talented singer/songwriter/producer’s new original song, “Back to Life,” appears in the film and was written by Alicia Keys, Carlo Montagnese and Billy Walsh and produced by Illangelo and Keys. In case you missed it, click here to watch the trailer. Walt Disney Studios is partnering with 15-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist Alicia Keys on the studio’s upcoming film release “Queen of Katwe”. ![]()
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