‘Passing’: Set in the 1920s, the movie centers on two African American women, friends from childhood, who can and do present as white.‘Spencer’: Kristen Stewart stars as an anguished, rebellious Princess Diana in Pablo Larraín’s answer to “The Crown.”.‘Summer of Soul’: Stevie Wonder, Mahalia Jackson, Mavis Staples and others shine in Questlove’s documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival.Scott and Manohla Dargis, selected their favorite movies of the year. “It’s bizarre to think that a modern tale of Africa without animals hasn’t really been made before,” Ms.
THE REAL QUEEN OF KATWE MOVIE
Nair, the Indian-born director of “ Salaam Bombay!” and “Monsoon Wedding,” reflected on what is a landmark film for the studio - a movie set in Africa about Africans, featuring only black actors. But Madina Nalwanga, who plays the young heroine, and much of the cast were nonactors from Katwe, a sprawling slum in Kampala where the story - of Phiona Mutesi, a street child whose life was irrevocably changed when she learned to play chess - is set. Set in Uganda, the film has two big stars - Ms. It was Day 32 of a 54-day shoot in South Africa and Uganda for Disney’s “ Queen of Katwe,” opening on Sept. “If you stop, I’m going to send you home to your mummy.” The actress Lupita Nyong’o, dressed in a bright yellow robe, clutched a small child at her side, as the director Mira Nair yelled directions at officials walking up and down the aisles. At each one sat two tense-looking children, a chessboard between them, with spectators clustered in stands on either side of the hall. ATTERIGEVILLE, South Africa - On a sunny winter day in May 2015 in this run-down suburb, a 45-minute drive from the shiny office buildings and shopping centers of central Johannesburg, 30 tables were symmetrically arrayed in a large, shabby hall.
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