The film is based on a true story where the protagonist lives in a slum called Katui in Uganda. The film shows people struggling with life as a single mother with four children. The protagonist is 10-year-old Fiona, who helps her mother sell corn in the market and takes care of her younger brother. She got the chance to learn chess by chance, but the practical difficulties she encountered were very big, such as the mother did not support the child's study, the family needed the child as a labor force and so on. Under such difficult circumstances, a poor girl evolved into a confident chess champion with the help of a selfless coach.
Director Mira Nair has his sights set on Uganda again, with his last work being 1991's Mississippi Masala, a story about an Indian family in exile in Uganda. The difference in clothing used in both works shows the disconnect between Uganda's social classes. When Katui students played against King's College students, Katui students wore traditional traditional clothing, while King's College children wore suits. It shows that the wealthy class in Uganda has been westernized, while the poor class is still in the old days. In Mississippi Masala, when the father returns to Uganda, the father looks very westernized while ordinary people still wear traditional clothing. Mississippi Masala describes Uganda's upper-middle-class society, while Queen Katee shows Uganda's lower-class society: the actors are a bit dirty from beginning to end, and the film is repeated in the poor medical and health environment. Miranelle is also good at instructing child actors, who skillfully show their emotions and lead the audience to experience the protagonist's mental journey from "no hope" to "dare to think and do".
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