*”Queen of Katwe” is the colorful true story of a young girl selling corn on the streets of rural Uganda whose world rapidly changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, as a result of ...

Meet Phiona. She is an international chess champion who grew up in a slum in Uganda. Phiona Mutesi's inspiring true story will play out on the big screen in Disney's Queen of Katwe, starring Lupita ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- The inspirational story of a young girl in Uganda whose life was changed by a game opens in theaters everywhere this weekend. Disney's "Queen of Katwe" tells the true story of a ...

*Sadly, Ugandan actress Nikita Pearl Waligwa, who was in the 2016 Disney film “Queen of Katwe,” has died at 15-years-old. According to Variety, Waligwa was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016 and ...

CHICAGO -- Academy Award winner, Lupita Nyong'o, stars in a new film, "Queen of Katwe," that is based on a true story of a young girl living on the streets of Uganda whose life is turned upside down ...

Nikita Waligwa, a child actress who appeared in the 2016 Disney film Queen of Katwe, died of a brain tumor on Saturday, according to the high school she attended in Uganda. She was 15. "Fare thee well ...

For any parent who’s looking for an inspirational poster to put on a daughter’s bedroom wall between soccer star Alex Morgan and gymnast Simone Biles, may I recommend one of Phiona Mutesi sitting at ...

SOMERS — Free public screenings of the award-winning 2016 film “Queen of Katwe” will be shown at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside on Thursday, Feb. 16, and Saturday, Feb. 18, as part of the ...

Nikita Pearl Waligwa, an actress who starred in the 2016 Walt Disney film Queen of Katwe, has died. She had been diagnosed with a brain tumor, according to Ugandan media. The film was about a chess ...