{"id":7159,"date":"2016-09-02T14:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2016-09-02T14:21:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-02T18:21:26","slug":"preview-queen-kawtwe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/09\/preview-queen-kawtwe.html","title":{"rendered":"Preview: &#8220;The Queen of Katwe&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjef1N2lKf0&#038;feature=youtu.be<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7921364001MsoNoSpacing\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56944\"><em><b>QUEEN OF KATWE<\/b><\/em> <strong>opens in theaters September 23<sup>rd<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv7921364001MsoNoSpacing\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56966\">The promising Disney film starring\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56938\">Lupita Nyong\u2019o (<em>12 Years a Slave<\/em>) and David Oyelowo (<em>Selma<\/em><\/span>) <\/span><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56966\">tells<\/span><b id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56967\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56966\"> <\/span><\/b><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56938\">the inspiring true story of missionary Robert Katende and Phiona Mutesi.\u00a0<b> <\/b>Phiona was a young girl living on the streets of Katwe, Uganda.\u00a0 She stumbled across an outreach ministry that motivated children like herself, and used chess to encourage them with the idea that \u201cWhat matters is when you reset the pieces and play again.\u201d\u00a0 Phiona came in for free porridge, but found a community and a mentor in Robert Katende.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56945\" class=\"yiv7921364001MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<span id=\"yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1472835800941_56944\">Eventually, Phiona found herself winning local chess matches.\u00a0 She now competes internationally, and thanks to the Sports Outreach Institute Missionary Program, she is also in school to become a pediatrician with the goal of opening a free clinic in Katwe to help others. Robert Katende a missionary and refugee of Uganda&#8217;s civil war, continues to mentor children in Katwe and teach chess.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>John W. Kennedy is a writer\/development consultant specializing in teleplays, screenplays and novelizations<\/em>. He can be reached at <a href=\"mailto:john@jwkmedia.com\">john@jwkmedia.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Encourage one another and build each other up \u2013 <\/em><strong>1 Thessalonians 5:11<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjef1N2lKf0&#038;feature=youtu.be QUEEN OF KATWE opens in theaters September 23rd. The promising Disney film starring\u00a0Lupita Nyong\u2019o (12 Years a Slave) and David Oyelowo (Selma) tells the inspiring true story of missionary Robert Katende and Phiona Mutesi.\u00a0 Phiona was a young girl living on the streets&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":225,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1591,24],"tags":[9085,9083,9084],"class_list":["post-7159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christianity","category-good-works","category-movies","tag-lupita-nyongo-12-years-a-slave-and-david-oyelowo-selma","tag-queen-of-katwe","tag-robert-katende-and-phiona-mutesi"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Preview: &quot;The Queen of Katwe&quot;<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/faithmediaandculture\/2016\/09\/preview-queen-kawtwe.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Preview: &quot;The Queen of Katwe&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Here\u2019s today\u2019s dispatch from the crossroads of faith, media and culture. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pjef1N2lKf0&#038;feature=youtu.be QUEEN OF KATWE opens in theaters September 23rd. 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