Katwe Explosion Crater Drive is 27 kilometers through one of the most scenic areas in Uganda and well worth a drive. Katwe Explosion Crater Drive-Queen Elizabeth Park …
QUEEN OF KATWE FILMING LOCATIONS 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.