A united kingdom

Resource Information

The work A united kingdom represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Alpha Park Public Library District. 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

• Studio Canal+
• British Film Institute
• Green, Brunson
• Davenport, Jack, 1973-
• McCurdy, Sam
• Doyle, Patrick, 1953-
• Moore-Lewy, Justin
• Pike, Rosamund, 1979-
• Oyelowo, David
• Pathé Productions
• Felton, Tom, 1987-
• Heslop, Peter, (Producer)
• BBC Films
• Harbinger Pictures (Firm)
• Asante, Amma, 1969-
• McCallum, Rick, 1952-
• Film United (Firm)
• Gregory, Jon, (Film editor)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Hibbert, Guy
• Amos, Jonathan
• Ingenious Media
• Ciné+ (France)
• Mason, Charlie
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Yoruba Saxon Productions
• Perfect Weekend (Firm)

Actor

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

Director of photography

• McCurdy, Sam

Editor of moving image work

• Gregory, Jon, (Film editor)
• Amos, Jonathan

Film director

• Asante, Amma, 1969-

Film producer

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

Presenter

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

Production company

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

Publisher

• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc

Screenwriter

• Hibbert, Guy

Subject

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

Genre

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

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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

Technique

live action