{"id":76139,"date":"2016-06-21T12:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T12:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/06\/21\/amma-asantes-united-kingdom-set-bfi-london-film-festival-opener\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T02:58:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T02:58:45","slug":"amma-asantes-united-kingdom-set-bfi-london-film-festival-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/amma-asantes-united-kingdom-set-bfi-london-film-festival-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Amma Asante&#8217;s &#8216;A United Kingdom&#8217; Set As BFI London Film Festival Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amma Asante&#8217;s &#8216;A United Kingdom&#8217; Set As BFI London Film Festival Opener<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>June 21, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/global\/amma-asante-a-united-kingdom-bfi-london-film-festival-1201800077\/\">Variety <\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/David-Oyelowo-and-Rosamund-Pike.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-67321\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 210'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/David-Oyelowo-and-Rosamund-Pike-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Director<strong> Amma Asante&#8217;s<\/strong> racial drama <strong>A United Kingdom <\/strong>will open the 60th BFI <a id=\"auto-tag_london-film-festival\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/london-film-festival\/\" data-tag=\"london-film-festival\">London Film Festival<\/a> on Oct. 5, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2016\/film\/global\/amma-asante-a-united-kingdom-bfi-london-film-festival-1201800077\/\">Variety<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The film\u00a0stars <strong>David Oyelowo<\/strong> and <strong>Rosamund Pike<\/strong> in a love story based on the true tale of <strong>Seretse Khama<\/strong> and <strong>Ruth Williams. <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/belle-filmmaker-direct-david-oyelowo-797981\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Written by <strong>Guy Hibbert<\/strong>, Oyelowo will play Seretse, heir to the African throne of Botswana, who created a sensation in 1948 by engaging in a whirlwind romance in London with Williams, a white English office worker he married in 1949.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/A-United-Kingdom-Rosamund-Pike-and-David-Oyelowo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-77901\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 300 211'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/A-United-Kingdom-Rosamund-Pike-and-David-Oyelowo-300x211.jpg\" alt=\"A United Kingdom Rosamund Pike and David Oyelowo\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The interracial union was opposed by both their families, as well as the British government, the Tribal elders of Botswana and the apartheid government of South Africa. The couple would not be denied, overcoming huge obstacles to be together. His uncle attempted to depose him, and he ended up being banned from his home country South Africa in 1951 due to its illegal stance on interracial marriage. Their son, <strong>Ian Khama<\/strong>, is currently the freely elected president of Botswana.<\/p>\n<p>Asante directed 2014\u2019s period drama <strong>Belle <\/strong>that starred<strong> <strong>Gugu Mbatha-Raw<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Pathe International is financing and is one of the production companies behind the project along with Oyelowo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Seretse-Khama-and-family.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-48195\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 246 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Seretse-Khama-and-family-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Seretse Khama\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin: 5pt 1em 1em 5pt; float: right;\"><a type=\"box_count\" name=\"fb_share\"><\/a><script src=\"https:\/\/static.ak.fbcdn.net\/connect.php\/js\/FB.Share\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\">Tweet<\/a><script src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amma Asante&#8217;s &#8216;A United Kingdom&#8217; Set As BFI London Film Festival OpenerPosted by Wilson Morales June 21, 2016 Source: Variety Director Amma Asante&#8217;s racial drama A United Kingdom will open the 60th BFI London Film Festival on Oct. 5, reports Variety. 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