Queen of Katwe (2016)
Directed by Mira Nair
A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.
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What critics compared Queen of Katwe to
Mira Nair, who directed the perfect and underrated The Namesake and the charming and underrated Queen of Katwe, hasn’t done much since no one seemed interested in one of Lupita Nyong’o’s best performances to date.
But in watching the film, which was written by Jamie Moss and William Wheeler (who wrote the far more considerate Queen of Katwe), what becomes evident is that Johansson’s presence is not the usual act of erasure, but that whitewashing is actually and obliviously built into the revamped narrative.