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In 2012, Tim Crothers wrote Queen of Katwe about young chess prodigy Phiona Mutesi from the Katwe district of the Ugandan capital of Kampala. Crothers, a former Sports Illustrated writer, managed to capture an inspirational tale of a young African woman in sport that rarely attracts attention. The book was reviewed well and got noticed in Hollywood for its plucky feel good story.

Disney senior creative executive Tendo Nagenda was of Ugandan descent and immediately optioned the book for the studio. He then enlisted the help of Oscar nominated director Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay) also of Uganda to sell the studio on the merits of a story. This wasn't as easy as it sounded since the story was primarily set in Africa covering a sport not high on the lists of Americans.

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httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGNnv_g9h4k Here's the new trailer for the highly anticipated Harry Potter prequel. Watch as a new era of magic begins in this first look at the...

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9S0qeWm8Zo ALLIED is the story of intelligence officer Max Vatan (Pitt), who in 1942 North Africa encounters French Resistance fighter Marianne Beausejour (Cotillard) on a...

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgOv6RxbfKw Here's the second trailer for TROLLS which gives you a sneak peek at the songs that will be featured in the film. From the creators...

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKFuXETZUsI Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for...

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlXHAbX3TY All Eyez On Me, originally titled Tupac, is an upcoming American biographical drama film directed by Benny Boom, produced by LT Hutton, David C....