DVD
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- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- EASTWOOD: Audiovisual Collection
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
A united kingdom
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN, EAS, OSH)
Languages
English dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, English descriptive audio.
Performers
David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike, Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Laura Carmichael, Terry Pheto, Jessica Oyelowo, Arnold Oceng, Nicholas Rowe, Anton Lesser, Anastasia Hille, Jack Lowden, Merveille Lukeba, Nicholas Lyndhurst.
Publication Information
Beverly Hills, California : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, 2017.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; some language including racial epithets and a scene of sensuality.
Summary
A UNITED KINGDOM is the inspiring true story of the forbidden love between the king of Botswana and a white English woman in the 1940s. When they decided to marry just as apartheid was being introduced into South Africa, it caused an international uproar. But their passionate romance triumphed over every obstacle and changed the course of African history.
Notes
Title from container.
Based upon the book "Colour bar" by Susan Williams.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016.
Special features: Making of ; Filming in Botswana ; The legacy of Seretse and Ruth ; London Film Festival opening night gala premiere.
Subjects
- Interracial marriage > Great Britain > Drama.
- Interracial marriage > Botswana > Drama.
- Racism > Great Britain > Drama.
- Presidents > Botswana > Drama.
- Presidents' spouses > Botswana > Drama.
- Botswana > Politics and government > 1966- > Drama.
- Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-1964 > Drama.
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > Africa > Drama.
- Africa > Foreign relations > Great Britain > Drama.
- Khama, Ruth, 1924-2002 > Drama.
- Khama, Ruth, 1924-2002 > Exile > Drama.
- Khama, Seretse, Sir, 1921-1980 > Drama.
- Khama, Seretse, Sir, 1921-1980 > Exile > Drama.