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Stars and creators gathered in New York City for the Urban World Premiere of ‘Queen of Katwe,’ the new film about a Ugandan girl who pursues her dreams of becoming a world renowned chess champion. See the beautiful red carpet photos.

Here, actor Jay Ellis poses with filmmaker Leila Djansi.

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Actress Vicky Jeudy

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Actors Jessica Oyelowo and David Oyelowo

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Actor Leon Robinson

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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David Oyelowo

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Jay Ellis

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Filmmaker Mira Nair

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Dime Davis and Elle Johnson

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Film producer Kip Knight and filmmaker Sheila Wilson, of ‘AMERIKKA’

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc

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Gabrielle Glore, David Oyelowo, Mira Nair, and Stacy Spikes

2016 Urbanworld Film Festival ‘Queen Of Katwe’ Red Carpet was originally published on ionehellobeautiful.staging.go.ione.nyc