Mexican-Kenyan actress and film director, Lupita Amondi Nyong’o, is in Kampala for a movie shoot.
The Oscar winning TV star will be starring in a movie called Queen of Katwe that will be shot partly in Kampala.
The actress who won an Oscar for her role in 12 Years a Slave was spotted at Garden City over the weekend. “She was at Maurice Kirya’s sound Cup café. That is where I saw her,” said a source.
The new movie that she will be shooting is about a Ugandan chess star Phiona Mutesi. She will play the role of Mutesi’s mother and the movie will be shot in Uganda starting March.
About The Queen of Katwe:
It’s based on a popular ESPN magazine article selected by Dave Eggers for The Best American Non required Reading and a finalist for a National Magazine Award, the inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Phiona Mutesi sleeps in a decrepit shack with her mother and three siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona has been out of school most of her life because her mother cannot afford it, so she is only now learning to read and write. Phiona Mutesi is also one of the best chess players in the world.
We will keep you updated.
Staff Writer.
