A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
Cast
Madina Nalwanga
Phiona Mutesi
David Oyelowo
Robert Katende
Lupita Nyong'o
Nakku Harriet
Martin Kabanza
Mugabi Brian
Taryn "Kay" Kyaze
Margaret Night Nantongo
Esther Tebandeke
Sarah Katende
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Tendo
Ethan Nazario Lubega
Mukumbya Benjamin
Nikita Waligwa
Gloria Nansubuga
Ronald Ssemaganda
Ivan
Peter Odeke
Enoch Barumba
Philip Luswata
Minister Aloysius Kyazze
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Mrs. Gali
Ivan Jacobo
Buyinza Richard (young)
Nicolas Levesque
Buyinza Richard (older)
Babirye Stellah
Babirye Stellah
Edgar Kanyike
Joseph
Hope Katende
Hope Katende
Maurice Kirya
Theo
Zohran Mamdani
Bookie Student
Crew
Mira Nair
Director
William Wheeler
Screenplay
Tim Crothers
Book
Barry Alexander Brown
Editor
Ian Holden
Assistant Editor
Sean Bobbitt
Director of Photography
Mike Topoozian
First Assistant Director
Atilla Salih Yücer
First Assistant Director
Paula Case
Second Assistant Director
Avani Batra
Second Assistant Director
Michael McCue
Second Assistant Director
Andile Vuyolwethu Pakade
Second Second Assistant Director
Moses Kibuuka Muwanga
Third Assistant Director
Zohran Mamdani
Third Assistant Director, Music Supervisor
Peter Kasaija
Storyboard Artist
Jade Manuel
Production Coordinator
Bernard Ennu
Picture Car Coordinator
Troy Buder
Executive Producer
Will Weiske
Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
Dan Silver
Executive Producer
Connor Schell
Executive Producer
Polly Hope
Production Supervisor
John B. Carls
Producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
Producer
Stephanie Carroll
Production Design
Anne Ford
Production Controller
Houston Hadden
First Assistant "A" Camera
Neville Esterhuizen
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Danie du Toit
First Assistant "B" Camera
Ali Musoke
Second Assistant "B" Camera
Kelley Cribben
Post Production Supervisor
Richard Tugume
Casting Assistant
Abdul Bar Hussein
Casting Assistant
Nikissi Serumaga
Casting Associate
Dinaz Stafford
Casting
Eniola Dawodu
Assistant Costume Designer
Izouna de Vasconcelos
Costume Supervisor
Mobolaji Dawodu
Costume Design
Melanie Harris
Hair Designer
Thami Nkosi
Key Hair Stylist
Christopher Damuura
Assistant Hairstylist
Diana Najago
Assistant Hairstylist
Nadine Prigge
Makeup Designer
Evelyn Gambe
Assistant Makeup Artist
Tumi Poen
Art Department Coordinator
Blake Leyh
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Heather Gross
Sound Effects Editor
Allen Lau
Assistant Sound Editor
Dominick Tavella
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Moses Bwayo
Sound Mixer, Boom Operator
Nico Louw
Sound Mixer
Simon Rankin
Boom Operator
Marko Costanzo
Foley Artist
George A. Lara
Foley Mixer
Gina Alfano
Supervising ADR Editor
Emmanuel Chonco Sithole
Chief Lighting Technician
Cordell McQueen
Special Effects Supervisor, Stunt Coordinator
Alex Heffes
Original Music Composer
Linda Cohen
Music Supervisor
Jim Bruening
Music Editor
Spring Sutter
Production Accountant
Emerson Nosek
Post Production Accountant
Trevanna Post
Post Production Accountant
Annie Gaudet
Post Production Accountant
Eliza Paley
Dialogue Editor
Joanitta Bewulira-Wandera
Dialect Coach
Jeanette Scott
Set Decoration
Isabella Asiimwe
Set Designer
Edward Echwalu
Still Photographer
Robyn Aronstam
Script Supervisor
Yahya Chavanga
Location Manager
Colin Lubega
Choreographer
Arlo Markantonatos
Property Master
Miles Goodall
Additional Photography
Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo
Production Manager
Kenneth Fletcher
Unit Manager
Byron Tofas
Digital Compositor
Nicola Graydon-Harris
Unit Publicist
Fritz Joubert
Art Direction
Patricia Olwoch
Production Secretary
John Ashton Thomas
Orchestrator
