Rory Kennedy touched down at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival as the director of the upcoming documentary “Queen of Chess.” The film chronicles the 15-year success of Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgár as she overcomes champion Garry Kasparov and her controlling father over 15 years.
“I did a deep dive in researching and I was just stunned by what I read,” Kennedy said at the Variety Studio presented by Audible about what compelled her to tackle Polgár as a doc subject. “She had been the number one female chess player for 26 years. She was the youngest grand
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