{"id":4043,"date":"2022-07-09T13:56:08","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T12:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/?page_id=4043"},"modified":"2023-07-14T16:51:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T15:51:49","slug":"queen-of-katwe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forestrowfilmsociety.org\/news\/films\/queen-of-katwe\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen of Katwe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Friday, 18 November 2022: Queen of Katwe<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n

Friday, 18 November 2022, 20:00<\/p>\r\n

Venue<\/strong>: (see Locations and Tickets<\/a> for further details)<\/p>\r\n

Programme category<\/strong>: Forest Row Film Society<\/p>\r\n\r\n

Director: Mira Nair, USA 2016, 124 mins, PG<\/p>\n

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"[It] has an energy and cheerfulness that rekindles memories of Slumdog Millionaire<\/i>" Independent<\/i><\/div>\n <\/blockquote>\n

Growing up in poverty in Kampala, Phiona (Madina Nalwanga) is lured by the prospect of free porridge to learn chess, a game which she turns out to be very good at. With a terrific young cast, and firm direction by Mira Nair (Mississippi Masala<\/i>, Monsoon Wedding<\/i>, and Salaam Bombay!<\/i>), Queen of Katwe<\/i> is a refreshing and uplifting film from one of the big American studios.<\/p>\n

Further reading<\/h4>\n
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  1. Observer<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Slant<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Independent<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Time Out<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    Trailer<\/h4>