The Dark Horse

The Dark Horse is a movie starring Cliff Curtis, James Rolleston, and Kirk Torrance. A brilliant but troubled New Zealand chess champion finds purpose by teaching underprivileged children about the rules of chess and life.
One-time Maori speed-chess champ, Genesis Potini, lives with a bi-polar disorder and must overcome prejudice and violence in the battle to save his struggling chess club, his family and ultimately, himself.