15ႏွစ္သမီးစစ္တုရင္ခ်န္ပီယံ

Uploaded on Nov 9, 2011

         

This is a brief documentary on Fiona, a 15 year old Chess Prodigy from the slums of Kampala, Uganda who discovered Chess as a homeless child in search of food. I traveled to Uganda to cover this story through a non-profit organization called Silent Images. We were serving another non-profit called Sports Outreach, in which the chess coach discovered a special gift in Phiona for the game of Chess. I was accompanied by Tim Crothers of ESPN and David Johnson of Silent Images on the trip. Tim has now written a book on Phiona called "The Queen of Katwe" and Phiona has had recent top news stories on ESPN as well as CNN. Disney is currently planning to produce a movie on Phiona as well and I can't wait to see Phiona's dreams come true. She is a true underdog in every sense of the word and no person is more worthy of success in life than this special young woman.

Silent Images - http://www.silentimages.org
Sports Outreach Institute - http://www.sportsoutreach.net
Buy the Book - http://www.sportsoutreach.net/secure/...