David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike’s Interracial Marriage Defies an Empire in ‘A United Kingdom’ Trailer (Video)
David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike’s Interracial Marriage Defies an Empire in ‘A United Kingdom’ Trailer (Video)
The film is based on the true story of Seretse Khama (Oyelowo), heir to the throne of Botswana, who defied societal norms when he fell in live with a white woman named Ruth Williams in 1940’s England.
The two eventually returned to Khama’s native land as husband and wife, where they faced racial bigotry from the apartheid government.
Guy Hibbert wrote the screenplay, in addition to executive producing along with Cameron McCracken.
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