Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe" is the latest in the league of sport movies to hit the screen. Based on the real life of Ugandan chess champion Phiona Mutesi (essayed by a brilliant Madina Nalwanga), the film plays on the familiar trope of the underdog's victory over those more privileged.
However, Nair's film is still extraordinary because the story she has chosen to tell is not one that makes it to celluloid often. Phiona is not just black, she is from one of the poorest countries in the world.