A united kingdom

Resource Information

The work A united kingdom represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

A united kingdom

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; Pathé, BBC Films, Ingenious Films and BFI present ; with the participation of Canal+ and Ciné+ ; a Yoruba Saxon/Harbinger Pictures/Perfect Weekend/Film United production ; directed by Amma Asante ; screenplay by Guy Hibbert ; produced by Rick McCallum, David Oyelowo, Peter Heslop, Brunson Green, Justin Moore-Lewy, Charlie Mason ; an Amma Asante film

Contributor

• Asante, Amma, 1969-
• Davenport, Jack, 1973-
• Film United (Firm)
• Ciné+ (France),
• Felton, Tom, 1987-
• Green, Brunson,
• British Film Institute,
• BBC Films,
• Heslop, Peter, (Producer)
• Hibbert, Guy,
• Mason, Charlie, 1948-
• McCallum, Rick, 1952-
• Moore-Lewy, Justin,
• Oyelowo, David,
• Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
• Ingenious Media,
• Pathé Productions,
• Perfect Weekend (Firm),
• Williams, A. Susan
• Studio Canal+,
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,
• Yoruba Saxon Productions
• Harbinger Pictures (Firm),
• Fox Searchlight Pictures,

Actor

• Felton, Tom, 1987-
• Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
• Oyelowo, David,
• Davenport, Jack, 1973-

Film director

• Asante, Amma, 1969-

Film producer

• Green, Brunson,
• Moore-Lewy, Justin,
• Heslop, Peter, (Producer)
• Mason, Charlie, 1948-
• McCallum, Rick, 1952-
• Oyelowo, David,

Presenter

• British Film Institute,
• BBC Films,
• Ciné+ (France),
• Fox Searchlight Pictures,
• Ingenious Media,
• Pathé Productions,
• Studio Canal+,

Production company

• Film United (Firm)
• Harbinger Pictures (Firm),
• Yoruba Saxon Productions
• Perfect Weekend (Firm),

Publisher

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,

Screenwriter

• Hibbert, Guy,

Subject

• Africa -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Botswana -- Politics and government -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Fiction films
• Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- Africa -- Drama
• Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1945-1964 -- Drama
• Interracial marriage -- Botswana -- Drama
• Interracial marriage -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Khama, Ruth, 1924-2002 -- Drama
• Khama, Seretse, Sir, 1921-1980 -- Drama
• Presidents -- Botswana -- Drama
• Presidents' spouses -- Botswana -- Drama
• Racism -- Great Britain -- Drama
• Romance films
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Feature films
• Biographical films

Genre

• Fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
• Feature films
• Drama
• Romance films
• Biographical films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

Prince Seretse Khama of Botswana causes an international stir when he marries a white woman from London in the late 1940s. When they decided to marry, just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. However, their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Sam McCurdy; editors, Jon Gregory, Jonathan Amos; music, Patrick Doyle

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality

Language note

English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH); described video

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.U55 2017

PerformerNote

David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Nicholas Lyndhurst

Runtime

111

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action